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Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Eponymy: Dr David Coates is a marine biologist and limnologist whose bachelor’s and master’s degrees were awarded by the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 3°S - 6°S
Oceania: endemic to Sepik and Ramu rivers in Papua New Guinea.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?, range 36 - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2847); common length : 45.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9233); common length :45 cm SL (female); peso máximo publicado: 5.0 kg (Ref. 9233)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 19 - 21.
Found in rivers only. Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 32°C. Mainly diurnal. Feeds mainly on fine and coarse detritus, other plant material (particularly seeds and small pieces of bark), and especially prawns. Also preys on aquatic insects and nymphs, fishes, worms and leeches (Ref. 2847).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Mouthbrooder.
Coates, D., 1991. Biology of fork-tailed catfishes from the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Environ. Biol. Fishes 31(1):55-74. (Ref. 9233)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00245 - 0.00892), b=3.13 (2.96 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (57 of 100).
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