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Typical Sea Catfishes
Ariinae
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.
40 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 148 known species
Ariopsis
genusAriopsis
Genidens
genusGenidens
Neoarius
genusNeoarius
Arius
genusArius
Sciades
genusSciades
Plicofollis
genusPlicofollis
Netuma
genusNetuma
Hexanematichthys
genusHexanematichthys
Cathorops
genusCathorops
Notarius
genusNotarius
Kyataphisa
genusKyataphisa
Osteogeneiosus
genusOsteogeneiosus
Bleekeriella
genusBleekeriella
Cryptarius
genusCryptarius
Potamarius
genusPotamarius
Hemiarius
genusHemiarius
Warrior Catfishes
genusAceroichthys
Carlarius
genusCarlarius
Occidentarius
genusOccidentarius
Chinchaysuyoa
genusChinchaysuyoa
Hemipimelodus
genusHemipimelodus
Betancurichthys
genusBetancurichthys
Nemapteryx
genusNemapteryx
Pararius
genusPararius
Smallmouth Catfishes
genusCinetodus
Ketengus
genusKetengus
Pseudosciades
genusPseudosciades
Cephalocassis
genusCephalocassis
Nedystoma
genusNedystoma
Potamosilurus
genusPotamosilurus
Beardless Sea Catfishes
genusBatrachocephalus
Pachyula
genusPachyula
Brustiarius
genusBrustiarius
Doiichthys
genusDoiichthys
Papuarius
genusPapuarius
Paracinetodus
genusParacinetodus
Cochlefelis
genusCochlefelis
Jayaramichthys
genusJayaramichthys
Paragenidens
genusParagenidens
Short-barbelled Catfishes
genusMegalosciades
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788690.