# Cinetodus

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Genus of fishes

Cinetodus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Ariidae Subfamily: Ariinae Genus: Cinetodus J. D. Ogilby, 1898 Type species Arius froggatti E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886 Synonyms Septobranchus Hardenberg, 1941

***Cinetodus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [sea catfishes](/source/Sea_catfish) ([order](/source/Order_(biology)) Siluriformes) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) Ariidae. This species originates from brackish and fresh waters of [Irian Jaya](/source/Irian_Jaya), southern [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea) and northern [Australia](/source/Australia).[1]

## Species

This genus currently contains a single described species:[2]

- *[Cinetodus froggatti](/source/Cinetodus_froggatti)* (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) – Froggatt's catfish, smallmouthed salmon catfish

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Marceniuk_1-0)** Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). ["Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera"](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01416p126.pdf) ([PDF](/source/PDF)). *[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa)*. **1416**: 1–126.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Cinetodus*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Cinetodus). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. August 2025 version.

Taxon identifiers Cinetodus Wikidata: Q1911433 Wikispecies: Cinetodus AFD: Cinetodus CoL: 3PZ5 EoL: 25450 GBIF: 2345478 iNaturalist: 87486 IRMNG: 1304407 ITIS: 679466 NCBI: 591315 WoRMS: 268773

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