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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Galeichthys&speciesname=ater ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Galeichthys&speciesname=ater http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Galeichthys&speciesname=ater ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Galeichthys&speciesname=ater https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Galeichthys&speciesname=ater ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Galeichthys-ater.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Galeichthys Species in    Ariidae - Classification - Galeichthyinae Ariidae Siluriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Galeichthys ater Castelnau , 1861 Black seacatfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Galeichthys ater Picture by SFSA Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Galeichthyinae Etymology: Galeichthys: Greek, galeos = a shark + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Castelnau . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated. Subtropical; 34°S - 35°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Southeast Atlantic: South Africa and Namibia. Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 24.5   range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3976 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 19 - 22. This species is distinguished with the following characters: short head, nearly as broad as long; blunt snout, well-rounded in lateral profile and dorsally; palatal tooth patches posterior to premaxillary tooth band meet at midline; rounded caudal-fin lobes, of near equal length, fin not deeply forked; short and thick caudal peduncle; underside of body (both head and belly) covered with fine brown specks; anterior gill-rakers on first arch 10-13 (5 + 5); pectoral fin rays 9-12; fatty growth along pectoral fin spines of breeding females not present outside spawning season. Dimorphism present with posterior (humeral) process of cleithrum obvious externally, fan-shaped in females, triangular in males; smooth and shallow dorsomedian cranial depression on exposed skull not reaching supraoccipital process (Ref. 85159 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Carnivorous on benthic invertebrates, primarily annelids (Ref. 4332 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae A paternal mouth brooder. Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Collaborators Kulongowski, C. , 2010. Revision of the ariid catfish genus Galeichthys Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for G. ater Castelnau. Smithiania Bull. (12):9-23. (Ref. 85159 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )     Not Evaluated   CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010 ) Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00427 (0.00167 - 0.01091), b=3.07 (2.85 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.6   ±0.48 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2024-04-25 10:31:39 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation