Thick-lipped catfish

Pachyula crassilabris

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Oceania
Medium
Tropical fish

The thick-lipped catfish (Pachyula crassilabris) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Hemipimelodus. It is found in freshwater rivers in New Guinea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Pachyula
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Oceania: central-southern New Guinea.

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