Animal Diversity Web

Neoarius graeffei

Blue catfish

(Also: Blue salmon catfish; Catfish; Lesser salmon catfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Siluriformes
        
        Family Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
        
        Genus Neoarius
        
        Species Neoarius graeffei (Blue catfish)