The thick-lipped catfish (Cinetodus crassilabris) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.

[3][4] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Hemipimelodus.

[2] It is found in freshwater rivers in New Guinea.

It reaches a standard length of 50 cm (20 in).

[3] Its diet consists of insects and vascular plants.