Guinean sea catfish
| Guinean sea catfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Carlarius |
| Species: | C. parkii |
| Binomial name | |
| Carlarius parkii (Günther, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Guinean sea catfish (Carlarius parkii), also known as the Marine catfish,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1864, originally under the genus Arius.[4] It is a tropical fish which is found in Mauritania, Angola, Morocco and the Spanish Sahara. It inhabits coastal marine waters at a depth range of 50 to 80 m (160 to 260 ft), also frequently entering estuaries and freshwater rivers. It reaches a maximum total length of 70 cm (28 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 40 cm (16 in).[3]
The Guinean sea catfish feeds on bony fish and shrimp.[5] It is of commercial interest to fisheries, although a venom in the serrated spines of its dorsal and pectoral regions can cause painful injuries.[3]
Male Guinean sea catfish orally incubate eggs.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Carlarius parkii" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
- ↑ Günther, A. 1864 (10 Dec.) [ref. 1974] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455
- ↑ Food items reported for Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org.