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Arius
Arius is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae. The genus Arius is distributed in brackish and fresh waters of Eastern Africa and east to Southeast Asia.
Defining the limits so that Arius can form a natural grouping has always been a problem. The genus was never properly defined, and many species previously classified in Arius are now in other genera. Recent authors have recognized this genus as polyphyletic, rejecting that the genus is a natural grouping. Two unnamed groups are distinguished by accessory tooth plates, which are either very elongated and bearing molar-like teeth, or are oval shaped or subtriangular and bearing acicular (needle-like) or conic teeth. A. jatius lacks these tooth plates, but has been included in this genus based on its adipose fin and lateral line. The recognition of Ariodes as a junior synonym of Arius is tentative and needs to be further investigated.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Spotted Sea Catfish
speciesArius maculatus
Threadfin Sea Catfish
speciesArius arius
Lowly Sea Catfish
speciesArius utik
Shovelnose sea catfish
speciesArius subrostratus
Veined catfish
speciesArius venosus
Arius manillensis
speciesArius manillensis
African Sea Catfish
speciesArius africanus
Arius microcephalus
speciesArius microcephalus
Arius gagora
speciesArius gagora
Arius acutirostris
speciesArius acutirostris
Arius arenarius
speciesArius arenarius
Arius brunellii
speciesArius brunellii
Arius macronotacanthus
speciesArius macronotacanthus
Arius jella
speciesArius jella
Arius jatius
speciesArius jatius
Arius malabaricus
speciesArius malabaricus
fleshysnout catfish
speciesArius dispar
Arius burmanicus
speciesArius burmanicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Les champignons de la France : histoire, description, culture, usages des espèces comestibles, vénéneuses, suspectes, employés dans les arts, l'industrie, l'économie domestique et la médecine
Cordier, François Simon · n.d. · p.527
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.381
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.416
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.303
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.196
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.922
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.125
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.126
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.172
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.179
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.195
Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 1–2
Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.205
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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 86638.