Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Ariidae

Ariidae (sea catfishes)

Synonyms: Tachysuridae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Amissidens (1)
Amphiarius (2)
Ariopsis (9)
Arius (hardhead catfishes) (47)   (2)
Aspistor (3)
Bagre (gafftopsail catfishes) (4)
Batrachocephalus (1)
Brustiarius (3)
Cantarius (1)
Carlarius (2)
Cathorops (Sea catfish) (24)
Cephalocassis (Sea catfish) (5)   (1)
Chinchaysuyoa (2)   (1)
Cinetodus (Sea catfish) (4)
Cochlefelis (Sea catfish) (5)
Cryptarius (2)
Galeichthys (7)
Genidens (Sea catfish) (4)
Hemiarius (6)
Hexanematichthys (3)
Ketengus (Sea catfish) (1)
Nedystoma (Sea catfish) (2)
Nemapteryx (6)
Neoarius (12)   (1)
Netuma (Sea catfish) (5)
Notarius (12)   (1)
Occidentarius (1)
Osteogeneiosus (Sea catfish) (1)
Plicofollis (8)
Potamarius (Sea catfish) (4)
Potamosilurus (3)
Qarmoutus (1)
Sciades (11)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0