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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Eponymy: Dr William Ralph Taylor (1919–2004) was an American ichthyologist whose university education was interrupted by WW2 service in the US Air Force, so that the University of Kansas only awarded his bachelor’s degree (1947). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Roberts.

Issue
Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Arius taylori Hildebrand 1925, replaced by Arius robertsi Kailola 1990. Resurrected by Ferraris 2007 (Ref. 58032) on the basis of At. 59.4.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 3 m. Tropical; 5°S - 9°S

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Oceania: Upper Fly River system in Papua New Guinea. Formerly classified as data deficient in the 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species (Ref. 36508).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2847)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 20.

Inhabits upper reaches of shallow flowing streams in turbid waters. Feeds on pulpy fruits of terrestrial plants and terrestrial insects.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Collaborators

Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A3d); Date assessed: 06 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.3 ±0.35 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).

Potamosilurus taylori (Roberts, 1978)