Ariidae Bleeker, 1858 - Sea Catfishes
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FAMILY Ariidae Bleeker, 1858 - sea catfishes SUBFAMILY Ariinae Bleeker, 1858 - sea catfishes [=Ariodontes, Hemipimelodinae, Tachysurinae, Batrachocephalinae, Boiichthyidae, Ostegeneiosinae] Notes: Ariodontes Bleeker, 1858a:39 [ref. 32230] (phalanx) Arius [also Bleeker 1858b:v, 49, 57 [ref. 365]; stem Ari- confirmed by Bleeker 1862–63:7, 25 [ref. 393] and by Jordan 1923a:145 [ref. 2421]] Hemipimelodinae Gill, 1861o:46 [ref. 1673] (subfamily) Hemipimelodus Tachysurinae Jordan, 1888:38 [ref. 2390] (subfamily) ‘Tachysurus’ = Arius [Eigenmann 1890a:12 [ref. 31918] used Tachisurinae based on ‘Tachisurus’ = Arius; based on misidentified generic name, not available] Batrachocephalinae Gill, 1893b:132 [ref. 26255] (subfamily) Batrachocephalus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1] Doiichthyidae Weber, 1913a:532 [ref. 4603] (family) Doiichthys [also in Weber & de Beaufort 1913:333 [ref. 16092]] Ostegeneiosinae [Osteogeneiosinae] Fowler, 1951b:3 [ref. 31928] (subfamily) Osteogeneiosus [corrected to Osteogeneiosinae by Fowler 1958a:3 [ref. 31840]; name only, rejected by Ferraris & de Pinna 1999:7 [ref. 32488] with the help of Article 13; not available] GENUS Amissidens Kailola, 2004 - sea catfishes [=Amissidens Kailola [P. J.], 2004:125] Notes: [ref. 28108]. Masc. Arius hainesi Kailola, 2000. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Amissidens Kailola, 2004 – (Hoese & Gates 2006:351 [ref. 28997], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:10 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:32 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:638 [ref. 32225]). Current status: Valid as Amissidens Kailola, 2004. Ariidae: Ariinae. Species Amissidens hainesi (Kailola, 2000) - rigid catfish [=Arius hainesi Kailola [P. J.], 2000:139, Figs. 9-11] Notes: [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory v. 16; ref. 25113] Ludmilla Creek, 12°27'S, 130°46'E, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Current status: Valid as Amissidens hainesi (Kailola, 2000). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Southern New Guinea, northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine. GENUS Amphiarius Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 - sea catfishes [=Amphiarius Marceniuk [A. P.] & Menezes [N. A.], 2007:11] Notes: [ref. 29031]. Masc. Arius rugispinis Valenciennes, 1840. Type by original designation. •Valid as Amphiarius Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 -- (Marceniuk & Birindelli 2010:61 [ref. 30960], Marceniuk et al. 2012:638 [ref. 32225]). Current status: Valid as Amphiarius Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007. Ariidae: Ariinae. Species Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - Kukwari sea catfish [=Arius phrygiatus Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840:79] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Suriname. Current status: Valid as Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Atlantic coastal rivers and estuaries from Guyana to mouth of Amazon River: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela (?). Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Amphiarius rugispinis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - softhead sea catfish [=Arius rugispinis Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840:77] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Cayenne, French Guiana. Current status: Valid as Amphiarius rugispinis (Valenciennes, 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Atlantic coastal rivers from Guyana to mouth of Amazon River: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (?). Habitat: brackish, marine. GENUS Ariopsis Gill, 1861 - sea catfishes [=Ariopsis Gill [T. N.], 1861:56] Notes: [ref. 1766]. Fem. Arius milberti Valenciennes, 1840. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Arius Valenciennes, 1840 -- (Kailola 1990:4 [ref. 19337]). •Synonym of Sciades Müller & Troschel, 1849 -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:103 [ref. 29031], Marceniuk et al. 2012:646 [ref. 32225]). •Valid as Ariopsis Gill, 1861 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:150 [ref. 24550], Acero P. 2003:836 [ref. 26998], Kailola 2004:125 [ref. 28108], Hoese & Gates 2006:351 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:32 [ref. 29155], Betancur-R. et al. 2007:347 [ref. 29268], Marceniuk et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35431]). Current status: Valid as Ariopsis Gill, 1861. Ariidae: Ariinae. Species Ariopsis assimilis (Gunther, 1864) - Lake Izabal sea catfish (author) [=Arius assimilis Günther [A.], 1864:146] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Lake Izabal [Yzabal], Guatemala. Current status: Valid as Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western Gulf of Mexico: Quintana Roo to northwestern Honduras. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. Species Ariopsis canteri Acero P. et al., in Marceniuk et al., 2017 - Cienaga sea catfish (author) [=Ariopsis canteri Acero P. [A.], Betancur-R [R.] & Marceniuk [A. P.], in Marceniuk, Acero P., Cooke & Betancur-R, 2017:9, Figs. 3C, 6-7] Notes: [Zootaxa 4290 (no. 1); ref. 35431] Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Pueblo Viejo, fisherfolk, Magdalena, Colombia, 10°47'8.7"N, 74°24'58.3"W. Current status: Valid as Ariopsis canteri Acero P., Betancur-R & Marceniuk, 2017. Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Caribbean coast of Colombia, West Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Charleston sea catfish (author) [=Silurus felis Linnaeus [C.] (ex Garden), 1766:503, Arius equestris Baird [S. F.] & Girard [C. F.], 1854:26, Galeichthys guentheri Regan [C. T.], 1907:124, Pl. 16 (fig. 1), 19 (fig. 3), Arius milberti Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840:74] Notes: [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, U.S.A. Current status: Valid as Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Eastern Northern America (Massachusetts) to Yucatán, Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine. (equestris) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 168] Matagorda Bay, at Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas, U.S.A., Gulf of Mexico. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (guentheri) [Biologia Centrali-Americana Part 215; ref. 3629] Gulf of Mexico. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine. (milberti) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] New York; Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine. Species Ariopsis gilberti (Jordan & Williams, in Jordan, 1895) - Sinaloa sea catfish (author) [=Galeichthys gilberti Jordan [D. S.] & Williams [T. M.], in Jordan, 1895:395, Pl. 26] Notes: [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Upper part of astillero at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Current status: Valid as Ariopsis gilberti (Jordan & Williams, 1895). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: From Laguna de San Juan (Sonora) to Mar Muerto (Chiapas), Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Ariopsis guatemalensis (Gunther, 1864) - Guatamala sea catfish (author) [=Arius guatemalensis Günther [A.], 1864:145, Galeichthys azureus Jordan [D. S.] & Williams [T. M.], in Jordan, 1895:398, Pl. 27, Arius caerulescens Günther [A.], 1864:149, Fig.] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Guatemala. Current status: Valid as Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Colorado River (Sonora), Pacific coast of Mexico, to Costa Rica. Habitat: brackish, marine. (azureus) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Estuary at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine. (caerulescens) [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Huamuchal, Guatemala. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine. Species Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk et al., 2017 - Casaya Island sea catfish (author) [=Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk [A. P.], Acero P. [A.], Cooke [R.] & Betancur-R [R.], 2017:27, Figs. 3E, 16-17] Notes: [Zootaxa 4290 (no. 1); ref. 35431] Casaya Island, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Panama. Current status: Valid as Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk, Acero P., Cooke & Betancur-R, 2017. Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Archipiélago de Las Perlas, Panama, Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine. Species Ariopsis seemanni (Gunther, 1864) - Seemann's sea catfish (author) [=Arius seemanni Günther [A.], 1864:147, Fig., Galeichthys eigenmanni Gilbert [C. H.] & Starks [E. C.], 1904:21, Pl. 4 (fig. 8 [not 7]), Tachisurus jordani Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.], 1888:142] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Central America (Pacific). Current status: Valid as Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Pacific draining rivers and estuaries from El Salvador to Panama. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (eigenmanni) [Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences v. 4; ref. 1639] Panama. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine. (jordani) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 1249] (Pacific) Panama. Current status: Synonym of Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine. Species Ariopsis simonsi (Starks, 1906) - Callao sea catfish (author) [=Galeichthys simonsi Starks [E. C.], 1906:764, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Proceedings of the