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Arius africanus Günther, 1867

African sea catfish
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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Arius: Greek, arios, areios = dealing with Mars, warlike, bellicose (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce; saumâtre benthopélagique. Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Africa: Pangani River in Tanzania and estuaries of Madagascar (Ref. 3876).

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4967)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 19 - 21.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Arius africanus is a coastal species, mostly found in freshwater (Ref. 52331), but probably it inhabits also estuaries (Ref. 3290, 5213). It feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 3290).

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Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Collaborateurs

Taylor, W.R., 1986. Ariidae. p. 153-159. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISBN, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3876)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Données manquantes (DD) ; Date assessed: 08 February 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00384 - 0.01719), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.56 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Medium.