The Arafura catfish (Netuma proxima), also known as the Arafura sea catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.

[3] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Arius.

[1] It inhabits marine, brackish and freshwaters in the western Pacific.

It reaches a maximum standard length of 46 cm (18 in).

[3] The diet of the Arafura catfish includes worms, finfish, crustaceans such as crabs and amphipods, mollusks, echinoderms, algae and insects.