Amphiarius rugispinis
Appearance
Softhead sea catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Amphiarius |
Species: | Amphiarius rugispinis
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Binomial name | |
Amphiarius rugispinis (Valenciennes, 1840)
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The Softhead sea catfish, Amphiarius rugispinis is a species of sea catfish which is found along the northern coast of South America. It is found chiefly in turbid waters of estuaries and around river mouths; it originates from brackish and marine waters of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and Brazil.[1] This species grows to about 45 cm (18 in) TL. Reproduction in A. rugispinis appears to be between September to November. The diameter of the eggs is 14–15 millimetres (9⁄16 in), numbering about 30–35 per female.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Amphiarius rugispinis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126.