WoRMS taxon details
Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864)
308392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:308392)
accepted
Species
Ariopsis Gill, 1861 accepted as Sciades Müller & Troschel, 1849
Arius assimilis Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864) · unaccepted
Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864) · unaccepted
Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864) · unaccepted
(of Arius assimilis Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=308392 on 2026-02-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arius assimilis Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sciades assimilis) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Fishbase (from synonym Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Fishbase (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Arius assimilis Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2596319) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius assimilis RAD115865-001) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius assimilis RAD115865-002) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115835-001) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115835-003) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115839-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115839-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sciades assimilis) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Fishbase (from synonym Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Fishbase (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Arius assimilis Günther, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2596319) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius assimilis RAD115865-001) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius assimilis RAD115865-002) (from synonym Arius assimilis Günther, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115835-001) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115835-003) (from synonym Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115839-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades assimilis RAD115839-002)
To ITIS
