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 Family Overview | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Common Names | Black Tip Colombian Shark Catfish, Gafftopsail |
| Size | Smallest 250mm, largest 1850mm, average 607mm, most commonly 450mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 9 "species" in 8 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 9 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Distribution | Worldwide mainly in estuarine areas. Login to view the map. |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Neoarius | 5 species | (10 keepers) |
| 2. | Hemiarius | 2 species | (2 keepers) |
| 3. | Ariopsis | 9 species | (1 keepers) |
| 4. | Batrachocephalus | 1 species | (1 keepers) |
| 5. | Cathorops | 14 species | (1 keepers) |
| Most Kept Species | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (66.67%) | |
| 2. | (11.76%) | |
| 3. | (7.84%) | |
| 4. | (3.92%) | |
| 5. | (1.96%) | |
| 6. | (1.96%) | |
| 7. | Cathorops agassizii | (1.96%) |
| 8. | (1.96%) | |
| 9. | (1.96%) | |
/siluriformes/ariidae/ariopsis/seemanni/1.jpg "Ariopsis seemanni")
/siluriformes/ariidae/neoarius/berneyi/1.jpg "Neoarius berneyi")
/siluriformes/ariidae/neoarius/graeffei/1.jpg "Neoarius graeffei")
/siluriformes/ariidae/hemiarius/stormii/1.jpg "Hemiarius stormii")
/siluriformes/ariidae/netuma/thalassina/1.jpg "Netuma thalassina")
/siluriformes/ariidae/hexanematichthys/sagor/1.jpg "Hexanematichthys sagor")
/siluriformes/ariidae/batrachocephalus/mino/1.jpg "Batrachocephalus mino")
/siluriformes/ariidae/ariopsis/felis/1.jpg "Ariopsis felis")
| Most Kept Species List (Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:13, k:34, b:0) | |
| 2. | (i:2, k:6, b:0) | |
| 3. | (i:5, k:4, b:0) | |
| 4. | (i:5, k:2, b:0) | |
| 5. | (i:7, k:1, b:0) | |
| 6. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
| 7. | Cathorops agassizii | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
| 8. | (i:2, k:1, b:0) | |
| 9. | (i:3, k:1, b:0) | |