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Jump to next section Species List
1. Ariopsis assimilis (i:3, k:0)
2. Ariopsis felis (i:7, k:1)
3. Ariopsis guatemalensis (i:1, k:0)
4. Ariopsis midgelyi (i:1, k:0)
5. Ariopsis seemanni (i:12, k:22)
6. Arius acutirostris (i:3, k:0)
7. Arius berneyi (i:2, k:5)
8. Arius graeffei (i:2, k:2)
9. Arius heudelotii (i:1, k:0)
10. Arius latiscutatus (i:3, k:0)
11. Arius maculatus (i:9, k:0)
12. Arius melanochir (i:1, k:0)
13. Arius thalassinus (i:1, k:1)
14. Bagre marinus (i:9, k:0)
15. Bagre panamensis (i:1, k:0)
16. Bagre pinnimaculatus (i:1, k:0)
17. Batrachocephalus mino (i:2, k:0)
18. Cathorops aguadulce (i:2, k:0)
19. Cathorops belizensis (i:2, k:0)
20. Cathorops dasycephalus (i:1, k:0)
21. Cathorops fuerthii (i:1, k:0)
22. Cathorops higuchii (i:2, k:0)
23. Cathorops hypophthalmus (i:1, k:0)
24. Cathorops kailolae (i:2, k:0)
25. Cathorops melanopus (i:2, k:0)
26. Cathorops multiradiatus (i:1, k:0)
27. Cathorops spixii (i:2, k:0)
28. Cathorops steindachneri (i:1, k:0)
29. Cathorops taylori (i:1, k:0)
30. Cathorops tuyra (i:1, k:0)
31. Cephalocassis jatia (i:1, k:0)
32. Cryptarius truncatus (i:6, k:0)
33. Galeichthys peruvianus (i:1, k:0)
34. Genidens barbus (i:1, k:0)
35. Genidens genidens (i:1, k:0)
36. Hemiarius sona (i:0, k:0)
37. Hemiarius stormii (i:1, k:0)
38. Hemiarius verrucosus (i:1, k:0)
39. Hemipimelodus borneensis (i:2, k:0)
40. Hexanematichthys mastersi (i:3, k:0)
41. Hexanematichthys sagor (i:1, k:0)
42. Ketengus typus (i:4, k:0)
43. Nedystoma novaeguineae (i:1, k:0)
44. Nemapteryx nenga (i:5, k:0)
45. Neoarius graeffei (i:3, k:0)
46. Neoarius latirostris (i:0, k:0)
47. Netuma bilineata (i:3, k:0)
48. Notarius armbrusteri (i:2, k:0)
49. Notarius biffi (i:1, k:0)
50. Notarius cookei (i:1, k:0)
51. Notarius insculptus (i:1, k:0)
52. Notarius kessleri (i:1, k:0)
53. Notarius lentiginosus (i:1, k:0)
54. Notarius planiceps (i:1, k:0)
55. Notarius sp. (1) (i:2, k:0)
56. Notarius troschelii (i:1, k:0)
57. Occidentarius platypogon (i:1, k:0)
58. Osteogeneiosus militaris (i:2, k:0)
59. Plicofollis dussumieri (i:1, k:0)
60. Potamarius nelsoni (i:1, k:0)
61. Sciades dowii (i:1, k:0)
62. Sciades herzbergii (i:3, k:0)
Jump to next section Total of 62 species
Jump to next section The Catfish Family Ariidae
Ariidae
Pronounced Are Ee Day
Family Common Name Sea Catfishes
Features Large adult size. Fork tail, small adipose fin. Lack of flank colouration, all species range from gun metal grey to black in colour.
Distribution Worldwide mainly in estuarine areas.
Common Names Black Tip Colombian Shark Catfish, Gafftopsail
Size Smallest 32mm, largest 1850mm, average 447mm, most commonly 350mm. All SL.
Species There are 62 species in 23 genera in the database
Keepers 5 species (08%) are being kept by registered keepers
Jump to next section Top Five Genera
1. Ariopsis (23 keepers)
2. Arius (8 keepers)
3. Netuma (0 keepers)
4. Neoarius (0 keepers)
5. Nemapteryx (0 keepers)
Jump to next section Most Kept Species
1. Ariopsis seemanni (28.85%)
2. Arius graeffei (8.89%)
3. Cathorops spixii (6.54%)
4. Arius berneyi (5.75%)
5. Bagre marinus (4.73%)
6. Arius thalassinus (3.93%)
7. Ariopsis felis (3.35%)
8. Ketengus typus (2.6%)
9. Arius maculatus (2.58%)
10. Arius latiscutatus (2.55%)
11. Nemapteryx nenga (2.41%)
12. Batrachocephalus mino (2.39%)
13. Hemiarius sona (2.38%)
14. Arius heudelotii (2.34%)
15. Potamarius nelsoni (2.13%)
16. Hemipimelodus borneensis (2.12%)
17. Ariopsis midgelyi (2.07%)
18. Osteogeneiosus militaris (2.07%)
19. Cryptarius truncatus (2.04%)
20. Genidens barbus (2.03%)
21. Genidens genidens (2.01%)
22. Hemiarius verrucosus (1.92%)
23. Plicofollis dussumieri (1.71%)
24. Cephalocassis jatia (1.5%)
25. Hemiarius stormii (1.12%)

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