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Sea Catfishes
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Sea Catfishes

Ariidae

The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 157 known species

Typical Sea Catfishes

subfamilyAriinae

Whiskered Sea Catfishes

subfamilyBagreinae

Bearded Sea Catfishes

subfamilyGaleichthyinae

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sea Catfishes in Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)

Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.114

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 69955.