Sand catfish
| Sand catfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Arius |
| Species: | A. arenarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Arius arenarius (Müller & Troschel, 1849) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The sand catfish[2] (Arius arenarius) is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel in 1849, originally under the genus Bagrus.[4] It is found in subtropical brackish and marine waters in the western Pacific, including China Taiwan, and possibly the Philippines. It reaches a maximum standard length of 29 cm (11 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Arius arenarius at fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Arius arenarius at fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Arius arenarius" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
- ↑ Müller, J. and F. H. Troschel 1849 [ref. 3073] Horae Ichthyologicae. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer Fische. Berlin. No. 3: 1-27 + additional p. 24, Pls. 1-5.
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