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Sciades. Bagreinae. Bagre. Galeichthyinae. Galeichthys. The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.
The hardhead catfish (Ariopsis felis) is a species of sea catfish from the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and similar to the gafftopsail catfish (Bagre marinus). It is one of four species in the genus Ariopsis. [ 3 ] The common name, hardhead catfish, is derived from the presence of a hard, bony plate extending rearward toward the ...
Pseudarius Bleeker, 1862. Arius is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae. The genus Arius is distributed in brackish and fresh waters of Eastern Africa and south to Southeast Asia. [1] Defining the limits so that Arius can form a natural grouping has always been a problem. The genus was never properly defined, and many ...
Synonyms [2][3] Arius manilensis Valenciennes, 1840. Pseudarius philippinus Sauvage, 1880. Arius manillensis is a species of marine catfish endemic to the island of Luzon, Philippines. It is commonly known as the sea catfish, Manila sea catfish or kanduli. It is fished commercially. [1][4]
Hard-palate catfish. The hard-palate catfish ( Brustiarius solidus ), also known as the hard-plate catfish, [2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1935, originally under the genus Arius. [4] It is a tropical freshwater fish which is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
The threadfin sea catfish (Arius arius), also called the Hamilton's catfish, marine catfish or jella, [3] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [4] It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally under the genus Pimelodus. [5] It is migratory and is found in tropical brackish and marine waters in the Indo-western ...
Neoarius latirostris, the broad-snouted catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by William John Macleay in 1883, originally under the genus Arius. [1] It inhabits freshwater rivers in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. [3][4] Its diet includes finfish, mollusks, prawns, terrestrial arthropods, aquatic ...
Cochlefelis spatula. Cochlefelis spatula, the duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Arius. [1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea.