Fleshysnout catfish

Fleshysnout catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Ariidae
Genus:Arius
Species: A. dispar
Binomial name
Arius dispar
Herre, 1926
Synonyms[1]
  • Tachysurus dispar (Herre, 1926)

The fleshysnout catfish[2] (Arius dispar) is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1926, originally under the genus Tachysurus.[4] It is known from tropical brackish and freshwater in Asia, including the Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Borneo. It reaches a maximum standard length of 34 cm (13 in).[3]

The diet of the fleshysnout catfish consists of insects such as dragonfly nymphs, the larvae of midges, insect eggs, as well as snails, microcrustaceans, shrimp, finfish and diatoms.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Arius dispar at fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Arius dispar at fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Arius dispar" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
  4. ↑ Herre, A. W. C. T., 1926 (16 Nov.) [ref. 10951] A summary of the Philippine catfishes, order Nematognathi. Philippine Journal of Science v. 31 (no. 3): 385-411, Pl. 1.
  5. ↑ Food items reported for Arius dispar at fishbase.org.


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