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Ariopsis
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Ariopsis

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Hardhead Catfish

speciesAriopsis felis

Mayan Sea Catfish

speciesAriopsis assimilis

Tete Sea Catfish

speciesAriopsis seemanni

Widehead Sea Catfish

speciesAriopsis guatemalensis

Jimenez's Sea Catfish

speciesAriopsis jimenezi

Ariopsis simonsi

speciesAriopsis simonsi

Ariopsis canteri

speciesAriopsis canteri

Ariopsis gilberti

speciesAriopsis gilberti

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86634.