Neoarius berneyi

Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., Zootaxa 1416, pp. 1-126 : 76-77

Neoarius berneyi (Whitley, 1941)

Tachysurus (Pararius) berneyi Whitley, 1941: 9, fig. 8. Type locality: Pools of Flinders River, near Hughender and Richmond , Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.13076 . Paratypes: AMS I.13075 , I.8077-88 .

Arius cleptolepis Roberts, 1978: 37, figs. 15, 20e. Type locality: Elevala River , Upper Fly River , Papua New Guinea, 6°05.7’S, 141°27.7’E. Holotype: AMS I.13076 . Paratypes: USNM 217071 , KFRS 618.01 , 217070 , 217071 , 217072 .

Distribution: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

Countries: Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Maximum size: 480 mm SL.

Material examined: AMNH 51648 (2 al, 166-210 mm TL), Australia, Northern Territory, Red Lily lagoon, 9 miles northeast of Elsey Homestead ; LACM 44931-1 (2 al, 99-203 mm TL), Australia, Northern Territory, Wilton River, channel coming out of lagoon ; MZUSP 38657 (1 al, 113 mm SL), Australia, northern Australia, Wilton River .