| Family: |
Ariidae (Sea catfishes), subfamily: Ariinae |
| Max. size: |
70.6 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 3,262.4 g |
| Environment: |
demersal; brackish; marine |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru. |
| Diagnosis: |
Body robust and depressed; snout prominent; mouth large; eyes medium sized (5.8 to 8.5 times in head length); cephalic plate granulated; with striations extending to the inter-orbital space; jaw teeth small, set in broad bands; palate with four plates of villiform teeth, the lateral ones being larger, triangular, and extended backwards; lower branch of the first gill arch with 7 to 10 gill rakers (Ref. 55763). |
| Biology: |
Found in coastal waters (Ref. 9271). Possibly restricted to marine environments (Ref. 39852). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9271). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 23 May 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
traumatogenic |
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