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Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk, Acero P., Cooke & Betancur-R, 2017

Jimenez’s sea catfish
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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Ariopsis: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335);  jimenezi: Named after Máximo Jiménez Acosta, zooarchaeology technician at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, who drew attention to the possible existence of a new species based on the examination of osteological characters in specimens formerly missidentified as A. seemanni./i>..

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

marino demersal. Tropical

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Eastern Pacific: Panama.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 116660)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: external posterior branch of the lateral ethmoid thick and depressed; an inconspicuous fenestra delimited by the mesethmoid and lateral ethmoid; pectoral spine short 14.6-18.1% SL; osseous medial groove present; fleshy medial groove of neurocranium conspicuous and very long, always surpassing the posterior margin of eyes; lateral margin of sphenotic notched, narrower medially than anteriorly; pterotic lateral margin smoothly convex; gill rakers on the first gill arch, 16–17 rarely 15, gill rakers on the first and second gill arches 29-34; mouth narrow 9.0-11.4% SL; distance between anterior nostrils narrow 5.6-6.5% SL; median portion of mesethmoid narrow, medial notch of mesethmoid narrow and deep (Ref. 116660).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in shallow inshore waters (Ref. 116660).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Marceniuk, A.P., A.P. Acero, R. Cooke and R. Betancur-R, 2017. Taxonomic revision of the new world genus Ariopsis Gill (Siluriformes: Ariidae), with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4290(1):1-42. (Ref. 116660)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).