Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae Sea catfishes
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Arius

(See list of species below)


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26 species (see list below)
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Photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 40 cm NG
Arius acutirostris Day, 1877

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Arius acutirostris
[]

Photo by SAIAB

Africa
Max. Length 45 cm SL
Arius africanus Günther, 1867

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Arius africanus
[African sea catfish]

Photo by MNHN

Western Pacific
Max. Length 29 cm SL
Arius arenarius (Müller & Troschel, 1849)

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Arius arenarius
[Sand catfish]

Photo by Osmany, H.B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm SL
Arius arius (Hamilton, 1822)

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Arius arius
[Threadfin sea catfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Arius brunellii
[]

Photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 40 cm NG
Arius burmanicus Day, 1870

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Arius burmanicus
[]
No picture found
 
Arius cous
[]

Photo by FAO

Asia
Max. Length 34 cm SL
Arius dispar Herre, 1926

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Arius dispar
[Fleshysnout catfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.1 cm SL
 
Arius festinus
[]

Photo by FAO

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 91.4 cm SL
Arius gagora (Hamilton, 1822)

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Arius gagora
[Gagora catfish]

Photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm NG
Arius jatius (Hamilton, 1822)

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Arius jatius
[River catfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Arius jella Day, 1877

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Arius jella
[Blackfin sea catfish]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 21.1 cm TL
Arius leptonotacanthus Bleeker, 1849

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Arius leptonotacanthus
[]
No picture found
 
Arius macracanthus
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-west Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Arius macronotacanthus Bleeker, 1846

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Arius macronotacanthus
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792)

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Arius maculatus
[Spotted catfish]

Photo by FAO

Africa
Max. Length 70 cm SL
Arius madagascariensis Vaillant, 1894

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Arius madagascariensis
[Madagascar sea catfish]
No picture found
 
Arius malabaricus
[]

Photo by FAO

Asia
Max. Length 29.6 cm SL
Arius manillensis Valenciennes, 1840

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Arius manillensis
[]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

Western Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Arius microcephalus Bleeker, 1855

Photo by Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes
 
Arius microcephalus
[Squirrelheaded catfish]
No picture found
 
Arius nudidens
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 39.5 cm NG
Arius subrostratus Valenciennes, 1840

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Arius subrostratus
[Shovelnose sea catfish]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 32 cm TL
Arius sumatranus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)

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Arius sumatranus
[Goat catfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 19.9 cm SL
 
Arius uncinatus
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 22.5 cm TL
Arius utik Bleeker, 1846

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Arius utik
[]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Arius venosus Valenciennes, 1840

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Arius venosus
[Veined catfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Arius acutirostris Asia 40 NG 1877
Arius africanus African sea catfish Africa 45 SL 1867
Arius arenarius Sand catfish Western Pacific 29 SL 1849
Arius arius Threadfin sea catfish Indo-West Pacific 40 SL 1822
Arius brunellii Africa 35 TL 1939
Arius burmanicus Asia 40 NG 1870
Arius cous Western Indian Ocean 1859
Arius dispar Fleshysnout catfish Asia 34 SL 1926
Arius festinus Africa 15.1 SL 2003
Arius gagora Gagora catfish Indian Ocean 91.4 SL 1822
Arius jatius River catfish Asia 30 NG 1822
Arius jella Blackfin sea catfish Indian Ocean 30 TL 1877
Arius leptonotacanthus Western Central Pacific 21.1 TL 1849
Arius macracanthus Asia 1864
Arius macronotacanthus Indo-west Pacific 30 TL 1846
Arius maculatus Spotted catfish Indo-West Pacific 80 TL 1792
Arius madagascariensis Madagascar sea catfish Africa 70 SL 1894
Arius malabaricus Indian Ocean 1877
Arius manillensis Asia 29.6 SL 1840
Arius microcephalus Squirrelheaded catfish Western Pacific 60 TL 1855
Arius nudidens Asia 1913
Arius subrostratus Shovelnose sea catfish Indo-West Pacific 39.5 NG 1840
Arius sumatranus Goat catfish Indo-West Pacific 32 TL 1830
Arius uncinatus Africa 19.9 SL 2003
Arius utik Western Pacific. 22.5 TL 1846
Arius venosus Veined catfish Indo-West Pacific 30 TL 1840



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