WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840

AphiaID

214566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214566)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Arius Valenciennes, 1840

Original name

Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Found along the coast (Ref. 5213). Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. Caught mainly with bottom trawls, set bagnets...

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]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Arius dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214566 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 18:26:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]

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

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]