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Scientific Name	**Neoarius graeffei** (Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
Common Names	Australian Shark Catfish Blue Salmon-catfish, Blå Havmalle (Denmark), Blue Catfish, Lesser Salmon Catfish
Type Locality	Samoa [doubtful].
Synonym(s)	Ariopsis graeffei, Arius australis, Arius australis, Arius curtisii, Arius curtisii, Arius graeffei, Hexanematichthys australis
Pronunciation	Nee oh ar ee uss. - GRAY fie.
Etymology	Neo, new (newly discovered) and arius from the Greek arios, meaning warlike or bellicose; in reference to the well-developed fin spines. The species is named after E. Gräffe.
Species Information
Size	600mm or 23.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Similar to A. berneyi, but eye is smaller and dorsal fin slightly shorter. Outer palatal teeth patches larger than inner patches (equal in A. berneyi). Dusky grey overall (often with bluish tinge) and white underneath.
Sexing	Females have longer, more rounded pelvic fins than males.
General Remarks	Naturally piebald and albino specimens have been observed.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Western Pacific: northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Pacific, South Pacific, New Guinea Pacific area (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, South Pacific, North Australian Pacific Coast (click on these areas to find other species found there) Australia waters, Northern Australia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, South Pacific, New Guinea Pacific area, New Guinea Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
pH	6.4 - 8.0
Temperature	17.0-27.0°C or 62.6-80.6°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Accepts a wide variety of live and prepared foods. User data.
Furniture	Provide driftwood and rocks as hiding places.
Compatibility	An active, shoaling species that can be kept with fish of equivalent size or larger.
Breeding	Spawns in the wild during spring or early summer at 26°C. An oral incubator, males carry up to 120 eggs for 6-8 weeks. The eggs and developing larvae collected from males can be incubated in an egg cone.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 54 (pt 3), pp 383 [28], Pl. 4 (fig. 12).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 00:47 (species record created: 2005 Apr 16 00:00)