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Arius Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164162

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	hardhead catfishes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2005

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Ostariophysi
	Order	Siluriformes – silures, catfishes
	Family	Ariidae Bleeker, 1862 – sea catfishes, fork-tailed catfishes, poissons-chats marins, bagres marinos
	Genus	Arius Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840 – hardhead catfishes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Arius acutirostris Day, 1877
	Species	Arius africanus Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867
	Species	Arius arenarius (Müller and Troschel, 1849) – sand catfish
	Species	Arius arius (Hamilton, 1822) – threadfin sea catfish, mâchoiron fouet, bagre filamentoso
	Species	Arius brunellii Zolezzi, 1939
	Species	Arius cous Hyrtl, 1859
	Species	Arius dispar Herre, 1926 – fleshysnout catfish
	Species	Arius gagora (Hamilton, 1822) – Gagora catfish
	Species	Arius gigas Boulenger, 1911
	Species	Arius harmandi (Sauvage, 1880) – Harmand's catfish
	Species	Arius heudelotii Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Arius jatius (Hamilton, 1822)
	Species	Arius latiscutatus Günther, 1864
	Species	Arius leptonotacanthus Bleeker, 1849 – smoothspined catfish
	Species	Arius macracanthus Günther, 1864
	Species	Arius macrorhynchus (Weber, 1913)
	Species	Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792) – spotted catfish, mâchoiron tacheté, bagre manchado
	Species	Arius malabaricus Day, 1877
	Species	Arius manillensis Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840 – Manila sea catfish
	Species	Arius microcephalus Bleeker, 1855 – squirrelheaded catfish
	Species	Arius oetik Bleeker, 1846 – lowly catfish
	Species	Arius parkii Günther, 1864
	Species	Arius phrygiatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Arius platystomus Day, 1877
	Species	Arius rugispinis Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Arius subrostratus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
	Species	Arius sumatranus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
	Species	Arius venosus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840 – veined catfish, mâchoiron veiné, bagre veteado

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Arius

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Arius

	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Arius

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Arius

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Arius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Arius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Arius

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Arius

Geographic Information


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Comments


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