FAMILY Ariidae Bleeker, 1858 - sea catfishes SUBFAMILY Ariinae Bleeker, 1858 - sea catfishes [=Ariodontes, Hemipimelodinae, Tachysurinae, Batrachocephalinae, Boiichthyidae, Ostegeneiosinae] GENUS Amissidens Kailola, 2004 - sea catfishes Species Amissidens hainesi (Kailola, 2000) - rigid catfish GENUS Amphiarius Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 - sea catfishes Species Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - Kukwari sea catfish Species Amphiarius rugispinis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - softhead sea catfish GENUS Ariopsis Gill, 1861 - sea catfishes Species Ariopsis assimilis (Gunther, 1864) - Lake Izabal sea catfish Species Ariopsis canteri Acero P. et al., in Marceniuk et al., 2017 - Cienaga sea catfish Species Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Charleston sea catfish [=equestris, guentheri, milberti] Species Ariopsis gilberti (Jordan & Williams, in Jordan, 1895) - Sinaloa sea catfish Species Ariopsis guatemalensis (Gunther, 1864) - Guatamala sea catfish [=azureus, caerulescens] Species Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk et al., 2017 - Casaya Island sea catfish Species Ariopsis seemanni (Gunther, 1864) - Seemann's sea catfish [=eigenmanni, jordani] Species Ariopsis simonsi (Starks, 1906) - Callao sea catfish GENUS Arius Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - sea catfishes [=Ariodes, Pseudarius] Species Arius acutirostris Day, 1877 - Salween River sea catfish Species Arius africanus Günther, 1867 - African sea catfish Species Arius arenarius (Müller & Troschel, 1849) - sand catfish [=fangi] Species Arius arius (Hamilton, 1822) - Hamilton's catfish, threadfin sea catfish [=boakeii, buchanani, cochinchinensis, crinalis, falcarius, mong] Species Arius brunellii Zolezzi, 1939 - Juba sea catfish Species Arius dispar Herre, 1926 - fleshysnout sea catfish Species Arius festinus Ng & Sparks, 2003 - Amboaboa sea catfish Species Arius gagora (Hamilton, 1822) - gagora catfish [=jella, macracanthus] Species Arius gigas Boulenger, 1911 - ewe, giant sea catfish Species Arius leptonotacanthus Bleeker, 1849 - Madura sea catfish Species Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792) - spotted catfish [=angulatus, atripinnis, bicolor, borneensis, chondropterygioides, gagorides, gagoroides, ocellatus, pidada, tachisurus, thunberg, viviparus] Species Arius madagascariensis Vaillant, 1894 - Madagascar sea catfish Species Arius malabaricus Day, 1877 - Canara sea catfish Species Arius manillensis Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - Manilla sea catfish [=philippinus] Species Arius microcephalus Bleeker, 1855 - squirrelheaded catfish [=sciurus] Species Arius oetik Bleeker, 1846 - oetik sea catfish Species Arius subrostratus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - shovelnose sea catfish Species Arius venosus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 - veined catfish [=laeviceps, macruropterygius, manjong, micronotacanthus, micruropterygius] Species Arius uncinatus Ng & Sparks, 2003 - Andrapongy sea catfish GENUS Aspistor Jordan & Evermann, 1898 - sea catfishes Species Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - Brazilian sea catfish Species Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - Bressou sea catfish GENUS Batrachocephalus Bleeker, 1846 - sea catfishes Species Batrachocephalus mino (Hamilton, 1822) - beardless sea catfish [=ageneiosus, micropogon] GENUS Brustiarius Herre, 1935 - sea catfishes Species Brustiarius nox (Herre, 1935) - comb-gilled catfish Species Brustiarius solidus (Herre, 1935) - hard-palate catfish [=bernhardi, kanganamanensis, microstomus] GENUS Carlarius Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 - sea catfishes Species Carlarius heudelotii (Valenciennes, Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - smoothmouth sea catfish [=mercatoris] Species Carlarius latiscutatus (Gunther, 1864) - Gunther's carlarius [=gambensis, lagoensis] Species Carlarius parkii (Gunther, 1864) - Guinean sea catfish [=capellonis, granulatus] GENUS Cathorops Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 - sea catfishes [=Precathorops] Species Cathorops agassizii (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) - Agassiz's sea catfish [=pleurops] Species Cathorops aguadulce (Meek, 1904) - estuarine sea catfish Species Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - Valenciennes' sea catfish [=fissus, variolosus] Species Cathorops belizensis Marceniuk & Betancur-R, 2008 - Belize sea catfish Species Cathorops dasycephalus (Günther, 1864) - big-bellied sea catfish [=longicephalus] Species Cathorops festae (Boulenger, 1898) - Narrangal sea catfish Species Cathorops fuerthii (Steindachner, 1876) - Congo sea catfish [=evermanni] Species Cathorops higuchii Marceniuk & Betancur-R, 2008 - Colon sea catfish Species Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876) - gloomy sea catfish [=gulosus] Species Cathorops kailolae Marceniuk & Betancur-R, 2008 - Izabal sea catfish Species Cathorops liropus (Bristol, in Gilbert, 1897) - Bristol's Mexican sea catfish Species Cathorops manglarensis Marceniuk, 2007 - Tumaco sea catfish Species Cathorops mapale Betancur-R & Acero P, 2005 - Mapale sea catfish Species Cathorops melanopus (Günther, 1864) - dark sea catfish Species Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864) - box sea catfish [=arioides, emmelane, equatorialis] Species Cathorops nuchalis (Gunther, 1864) - Guyanese sea catfish [=laticeps] Species Cathorops raredonae Marceniuk et al., 2009 - La Libertad sea catfish Species Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, in Spix & Agassiz, 1829) - Madmango sea catfish [=albidus, nigricans] Species Cathorops steindachneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) - Steindachner's sea catfish Species Cathorops taylori (Hildebrand, 1925) - Lempa sea catfish Species Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) - Besudo sea catfish Species Cathorops wayuu Betancur-R et al., in Marceniuk et al., 2012 - wayuu sea catfish GENUS Cephalocassis Bleeker, 1857 - sea catfishes [=Hemipimelodus] Species Cephalocassis borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) - Bornean sea catfish [=macrocephalus, siamensis] Species Cephalocassis jatius (Hamilton, 1822) - river catfish Species Cephalocassis manillensis (Valenciennes, Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - Philippine sea catfish Species Cephalocassis melanochir (Bleeker, 1852) - Sumatran sea catfish [=doriae] GENUS Cinetodus Ogilby, 1898 - sea catfishes [=Septobrnachus, Tetranesodon] Species Cinetodus carinatus (Weber, 1913) - comb-spined catfish Species Cinetodus froggatti (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) - Froggatt's catfish, smallmouthed salmon catfish [=johannae] GENUS Cochlefelis Whitley, 1941 - sea catfishes Species Cochlefelis burmanicus (Day, 1870) - Irrawaddy sea catfish Species Cochlefelis danielsi (Regan, 1908) - Daniel's catfish Species Cochlefelis insidiator (Kailola, 2000) - flat catfish Species Cochlefelis spatula (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) - duckbilled catfish [=nudidens] GENUS Cryptarius Kailola, 2004 - sea catfishes Species Cryptarius daugueti (Chevey, 1932) - Chevey's sea catfish Species Cryptarius truncatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) - spoonsnouted catfish [=cochlearis] GENUS Doiichthys Weber, 1913 - sea catfishes Species Doiichthys novaeguineae Weber, 1913 - Varen River sea catfish GENUS Genidens Castelnau, 1855 - sea catfishes [=Guiritinga] Species Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803) - white sea catfish [=barbatus, commersonii, marinus, sexdecimradiatus, upsulonophorus, versicolor] Species Genidens genidens (Cuvier, 1829) - Guri sea catfish [=cuvieri, granulosus, valenciennesii] Species Genidens machadoi (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) - Macae sea catfish Species Genidens planifrons (Higuchi et al., 1982) - Laguna dos Patos sea catfish GENUS Hemiarius Bleeker, 1862 - sea catfishes Species Hemiarius dioctes (Kailola, 2000) - warrior catfish Species Hemiarius hardenbergi (Kailola, 2000) - Hardenberg's sea catfish Species Hemiarius harmandi Sauvage, 1880 - Harmand's sea catfish [=brevirostris] Species Hemiarius sona (Hamilton, 1822) - Sona sea catfish [=trachipomus] Species Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) - armored sea catfish Species Hemiarius sumatranus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) - Sumatran sea catfish Species Hemiarius verrucosus (Ng, 2003) - Ng's Mekong sea catfish GENUS Hexanematichthys Bleeker, 1858 - sea catfishes Species Hexanematichthys mastersi (Ogilby, 1898) - Masters' catfish [=godfreyi, sagoroides] Species Hexanematichthys sagor (Hamilton, 1822) - Sagor catfish [=doroides, javensis, sondaicus, sundaicus] GENUS Ketengus Bleeker, 1846 - sea catfishes Species Ketengus typus Bleeker, 1846 - bigmouth sea catfish [=pectinidens] GENUS Nedystoma Ogilby, 1898 - sea catfishes Species Nedystoma dayi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) - Day's catfish GENUS Nemapteryx Ogilby, 1908 - sea catfishes Species Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis, 1884) - threadfin catfish [=stirlingi] Species Nemapteryx augusta (Roberts, 1978) - short barbelled catfish Species Nemapteryx bleekeri (Popta, 1900) - Bleeker's catfish Species Nemapteryx macronotacantha (Bleeker, 1846) - Javan nemapteryx [=parvipinnis] Species Nemapteryx nenga (Hamilton, 1822) - Hamilton's nemapteryx [=aequibarbis, arioides, caelatoides, caelatus, chondropterygius, clypeaster, clypeastroides, granosus, malanopterygius, microgastropterygius] GENUS Neoarius Castelnau, 1878 - sea catfishes Species Neoarius berneyi (Whitley, 1941) - highfin catfish [=cleptolepis] Species Neoarius coatesi (Kailola, 1990) - Coates' catfish Species Neoarius graeffei (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) - blue salmon catfish [=australis, curtisii] Species Neoarius leptaspis (Bleeker, 1862) - New Guinea sea catfish Species Neoarius midgleyorum (Kailola & Pierce, 1988) - silver cobbler Species