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Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840 
AphiaID: 214566

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Siluriformes (Order) > Ariidae (Family) > Arius (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840)
Rank Species
Parent Arius Valenciennes, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English blacktip sea catfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Caligus dakari Beneden, 1892 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hermilius ariodi Prabha & Pillai, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hermilius longicornis Bassett-Smith, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found along the coast (Ref. 5213). Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with bottom trawls, set bagnets and longlines. Marketed fresh and dried-salted (Ref. 3290). [details]

Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214566
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214566 on 2013-05-22
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