Biology:Flapnose sea catfish

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Flapnose sea catfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Sciades
Species:
S. dowii
Binomial name
Sciades dowii
(Gill, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius alatus Steindachner, 1876
  • (Gill, 1863) (Gill, 1863)
  • Gill, 1863 Sciadeichthys dowii
  • Galeichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • Arius dowi (Gill, 1863)
  • (Gill, 1863) Tachisurus dowii
  • Galeichthys dovii (Gill, 1863)
  • Arius dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • (Gill, 1863) Hexanematichthys dowii
  • Arius dovii (Gill, 1863)
  • Selenaspis dowii Leptarius dowii

The flapnose sea catfish (Sciades dowii), also known as the brown sea catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Theodore Gill in 1863, originally under the genus Leptarius.[1] It inhabits rivers and estuaries in Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 15 m (0 to 49 ft).[4] It reaches a maximum total length of 90 cm (35 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 50 cm (20 in).[3]

The diet of the flapnose sea catfish includes small finfish, fish scales, and benthic invertebrates.[5] Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist. It has been harvested for its meat since Pre-Columbian times, and remains a commercially important foodfish to date.[4] It is marketed both fresh and dried-salted.[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Melmoth Dow (1827-1892) a Panama Railroad Company ship captain and an amateur naturalist, who presented the type specimen to the Smithsonian Institution.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Sciades dowii" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sciades dowii at the IUCN redlist.
  5. Food items reported for Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  6. "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDA". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes9/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1917090 entry