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Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Arius: Greek, arios, areios = dealing with Mars, warlike, bellicose (Ref. 45335); festinus: Name from the Latin 'festino', meaning to move rapidly, in allusion to its habitat (Ref. 56505).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
; sötvatten bottenlevande. Tropical
Africa: Madagascar (Ref. 56505).
Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.1 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 56505)
Short description
Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Ryggkotor: 53. Body moderately compressed (Ref. 56505). Vomerine teeth in a single pair of ovoid patches (Ref. 56505). Short pelvic fins, 15.2-15.6 % of SL, that do not reach the anal-fin origin when adpressed (Ref. 56505). Dorsal surface of head and body uniform gray to grayish brown, upper third of head and body darkest, gradually fading to lighter color along middle third of head and body; lower third and ventral surfaces of head and body dirty white (Ref. 56505). Adipose fin gray, dorsal fin rays gray, fin rays of all other fins with scattered gray melanophores (Ref. 56505).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver
Ng, H.H. and J.S. Sparks, 2003. The ariid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 735:1-21. (Ref. 56505)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
Human uses
Verktyg
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).