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Ariidae
Sign in to saveThe Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.
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Ariidae is a family of fish within the order Siluriformes, classified under the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Bleeker in 1858 and holds an accepted status in taxonomic records. Commonly referred to as sea catfishes, members of this family inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.
The family has been documented in various scientific databases, with a total of 465,643 occurrences recorded. Specific biological records are held by institutions including USNM, ITESM, SDNHM, ALMNH, and UCMP, with 971 records and 54 media items associated with these collections. These records originate from the United States and Mexico. The taxon is referenced by 281 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
sea catfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAriidae
Christusvissen of zeemeervallen (Ariidae) vormen een familie van vissen uit de orde van de Meervalachtigen (Siluriformes). Vissen uit deze familie leven voornamelijk in zee, maar er zijn ook veel soorten bekend die in brak of zoet water leven. Ze worden over de gehele wereld aangetroffen in tropische tot de warmere gematigde zones. Ze komen aan hun naam vanwege hun skelet dat, met wat verbeelding, lijkt op een kruisigingsscéne. De enige continenten waar vissen uit deze familie niet voorkomt zijn Europa en Antarctica.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 971
- With media
- 54
- Family
- Ariidae
- Collections
- USNM, ITESM, SDNHM, ALMNH, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Appearance and anatomy
- Skull
- Ecology
- Relationship to humans
- See also
- References
The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.
The Ariidae are among the oldest known siluroid catfish known from fossil remains. Fossilized pectoral spines and skull bone fragments of ariid catfish are known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of Argentina. The ariid relative Vorhisia is known from highly abundant fossil otoliths from Maastrichtian-aged nearshore marine formations of North America.
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