Guinean sea catfish

The Guinean sea catfish (Carlarius parkii), also known as the marine catfish,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1864, originally under the genus Arius.[4] It is a tropical fish which is found in Mauritania, Angola, Morocco and the Spanish Sahara. It inhabits coastal marine waters at a depth range of 50 to 80 m (160 to 260 ft), also frequently entering estuaries and freshwater rivers. It reaches a maximum total length of 70 cm (28 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 40 cm (16 in).[3]

Guinean sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Carlarius
Species:
C. parkii
Binomial name
Carlarius parkii
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius parkii Günther, 1864
  • Tachysurus gambensis (Bowdich, 1825)
  • Arius capellonis Steindachner, 1867
  • Tachysurus capellonis (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Tachysurus capellonsis (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Arius granulatus Peters, 1868

The Guinean sea catfish feeds on bony fish and shrimp.[5] It is of commercial interest to fisheries, although a venom in the serrated spines of its dorsal and pectoral regions can cause painful injuries.[3]

Male Guinean sea catfish orally incubate eggs.[3]

References
  1. Synonyms of Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Carlarius parkii" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
  4. Günther, A. 1864 (10 Dec.) [ref. 1974] 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
  5. Food items reported for Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org.
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