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Arius felis (Linnaeus, 1766)

158711  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158711)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Siluriformes (Order)
  11. Ariidae (Family)
  12. Ariinae (Subfamily)
  13. Arius (Genus)
  14. Arius felis (Species)
 unaccepted (new combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA and Mexico.   
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA and Mexico.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Arius felis (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158711 on 2025-06-08
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA and Mexico.  [details]
    Definitions

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English hardhead sea catfish  [details]
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To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 53 proteins) 
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