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Sciades
Sign in to saveSciades is a genus of sea catfishes mostly found along the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. One species, S. dowii, occurs on the Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador. The genus Ariopsis has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.
Species
Hardhead Catfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 49
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Ariidae
- Collections
- SIO, USNM, AUM, AM, MPEG, ROM
- Recorded in
- Panama, Venezuela, Papua New Guinea, Brasil, Guyana, Unknown Or Invalid
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Sciades is a genus of sea catfishes mostly found along the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. One species, S. dowii, occurs on the Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador. The genus Ariopsis has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.
Currently, six described species are in this genus: Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840) (Couma sea-catfish) Sciades dowii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (brown sea-catfish) Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794) (Pemecou sea catfish) Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832) (gillbacker sea catfish) Sciades passany (Valenciennes, 1840) (Passany sea catfish) Sciades proops (Valenciennes, 1840) (crucifix sea catfish)
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