WoRMS taxon details
Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832)
712442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712442)
accepted
Species
Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936 · unaccepted
Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936 · unaccepted
Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936 · unaccepted
Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832) · unaccepted
Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899 · unaccepted
Aspistor parkeri (Traill, 1832) · unaccepted
Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849 · unaccepted
Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Hexanematichthys parkeri (Traill, 1832) · unaccepted
Sciadeichthys emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849) · unaccepted
Sciadeichthys flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Sciades emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849) · unaccepted
Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832 · unaccepted
Tachisurus flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832) Traill, T. S. (1832). Description of a Silurus, known in Demerara by the name of Gilbacke, more properly Geelbuik. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh.</em> v. 6 (art. 14): 377-380, Pl. 6 (fig. 1). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712442 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832) Traill, T. S. (1832). Description of a Silurus, known in Demerara by the name of Gilbacke, more properly Geelbuik. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh.</em> v. 6 (art. 14): 377-380, Pl. 6 (fig. 1). [details]
original description (of Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936) Puyo, J. (1936). Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane française. Pêches et pêcheries. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 71(4): 5-258 [1-254]. [details]
original description (of Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936) Puyo, J. (1936). Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane française. Pêches et pêcheries. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 71(4): 5-258 [1-254]. [details]
original description (of Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936) Puyo, J. (1936). Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane française. Pêches et pêcheries. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 71(4): 5-258 [1-254]. [details]
original description (of Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899) Vaillant, L. L. (1899). Note préliminaire sur les collections ichthyologiques recueillies par M. Geay en 1897 et 1898 dans la Guyane Française et le contesté Franco-Brésilien. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (sér. 1).</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 154-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.289686 [details]
original description (of Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [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]
original description (of Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936) Puyo, J. (1936). Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane française. Pêches et pêcheries. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 71(4): 5-258 [1-254]. [details]
original description (of Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936) Puyo, J. (1936). Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane française. Pêches et pêcheries. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 71(4): 5-258 [1-254]. [details]
original description (of Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936) Puyo, J. (1936). Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane française. Pêches et pêcheries. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 71(4): 5-258 [1-254]. [details]
original description (of Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899) Vaillant, L. L. (1899). Note préliminaire sur les collections ichthyologiques recueillies par M. Geay en 1897 et 1898 dans la Guyane Française et le contesté Franco-Brésilien. <em>Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (sér. 1).</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 154-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.289686 [details]
original description (of Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sciadeichthys flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sciades emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sciadeichthys emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sciades parkeri)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Aspistor parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciades emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Hexanematichthys parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius bonneti RAD115879-001) (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius bonneti RAD115879-002) (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius clavispinosus RAD115880-001) (from synonym Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius clavispinosus RAD115880-002) (from synonym Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius despaxi RAD115883-001) (from synonym Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius physacanthus RAD115926-001) (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius physacanthus RAD115926-002) (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bagrus (Sciades) emphysetus RAD115903-001) (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bagrus (Sciades) emphysetus RAD115903-002) (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118202-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118202-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118203-001) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118204-001) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sciadeichthys flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sciades emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Sciadeichthys emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sciades parkeri)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus flavescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciadeichthys emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Aspistor parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciades emphysetus (Müller & Troschel, 1849))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus flavescens (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Hexanematichthys parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius bonneti RAD115879-001) (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius bonneti RAD115879-002) (from synonym Arius bonneti Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius clavispinosus RAD115880-001) (from synonym Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius clavispinosus RAD115880-002) (from synonym Arius clavispinosus Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius despaxi RAD115883-001) (from synonym Arius despaxi Puyo, 1936)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius physacanthus RAD115926-001) (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius physacanthus RAD115926-002) (from synonym Arius physacanthus Vaillant, 1899)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bagrus (Sciades) emphysetus RAD115903-001) (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bagrus (Sciades) emphysetus RAD115903-002) (from synonym Bagrus emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118202-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118202-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118203-001) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sciades parkeri RAD118204-001) (from synonym Arius parkeri (Traill, 1832))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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