Ariopsis (fish)
| Ariopsis | |
|---|---|
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| Ariopsis felis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Ariopsis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The genus has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.[1]
Species
There are currently eight described extant species in this genus:[2]
- Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864) (Mayan sea catfish)
- Ariopsis canteri Acero P., Betancur-R & Marceniuk, 2017
- Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Hardhead sea catfish)
- Ariopsis gilberti (Jordan & Williams, 1895)
- Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) (Blue sea catfish)
- Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk, Acero P., Cooke & Betancur-R, 2017
- Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864) (Tete sea catfish)
- Ariopsis simonsi (Starks, 1906)
The extinct species †Ariopsis stauroforus (Lynn & Melland, 1939) is known from the Miocene-aged Calvert Formation of Maryland, US.[3][4]
References
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Ariopsis Gill, 1861". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ariopsis". FishBase. August 2025 version.
- ^ Lundberg, J. G. (1975). "The Fossil Catfishes of North America. Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume II". Papers on Paleontology. II (11). Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan: 1–51.
- ^ Carnevale, Giorgio; Godfrey, Stephen James (2018). "Miocene bony fishes from the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (100).