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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 ...
Although hardhead catfish reach a weight of about 5.5 kg (12 lb) and are edible, they have a mixed reputation as game fish and are often considered nuisance bait stealers. [12] A less-abundant species, more highly regarded as a game and food fish, is the gafftopsail catfish, Bagre marinus. The range of the gafftop extends further south, to ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The comb-gilled catfish ( Brustiarius nox) is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [2] [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 Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 30 cm (12 in). [3]
Synonyms [1] Arius utarus Kailola, 1990. Ariopsis utarus (Kailola, 1990) Neoarius utarus, the northern rivers catfish or salmon catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Patricia J. Kailola in 1990, originally under the genus Arius. [1] It inhabits freshwater bodies in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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.