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Overview |
Main identification features
- head; wide, flat, pointed, central groove wide, shallow; eye small
- nape bone long, narrow
- 2nd dorsal fin base = 1st dorsal fin base
- snout long, overhanging; wide mouth, thick lips
- pectoral spine thick, strongly serrated
False sculptured sea-catfish, False bronze sea-catfish
Body slender; head wide and flat, bluntly pointed when viewed from above, its length 29-32% of standard length; snout extends well before wide mouth; mouth width 43-53% of head length; lips thick and fleshy; teeth on palate viliform, forming a U shaped pattern of 4 closely adjoined patches, the side pair largest and ~triangular; eye small (10-12% of head length); head covered with irregular distinct granules, forming 4 crests between eyes; central groove on top of head shallow and wide; bone at rear of head long, pointed at rear, its width 62% its length, touching a narrow, semilunar plate at origin of dorsal fin; 3 pairs of barbels, upper barbels short, thin, reach to pectoral spines; 4-5 + 8-10 rakers on first gill arch; gill opening wide, membranes not adhering to chest; dorsal and pectoral fin spines thick, strongly serrated; base of adipose (second) dorsal fin as long or a little longer than base of 1st dorsal fin; dorsal fin height ~1/2 head length; 17-20 anal rays; 10-11 pectoral rays.
Back blackish to light brown; belly silver, dotted with grey; blue iridescence on flanks; fins dark; upper surfaces of pectorals and pelvics blackish with blue reflections.
Size: Reaches 79 cm and 4.76 Kg.
Habitat: demersal in fresh and brackish water in river mouths.
Depth: 0-20 m.
Costa Rica to Colombia.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=2; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=8.
Egg Type: Brooded; No pelagic larva; No pelagic phase.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Freshwater.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 79 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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References |
- Acero , A. and Betancur, R., 2002., Arius cookei, a new species of ariid catfish from the tropical American Pacific., Aqua, 5:133-138.
- Betancur-R., R., 2003., Filogenia de los bagres marinos (Siluriformes: Ariidae) del nuevo mundo., Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 123pp.
- Betancur-R., R., Acero, A., 2004., Description of Notarius biffi n. sp. and redescription of N. insculptus (Jordan and Gilbert) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the eastern Pacific, with evidence of monophyly and limits of Notarius., Zootaxa, 703:1-20.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- Rojas , J. R. , Pizarro , J. F. and Castro, M.V., 1994., Diversidad y Abundancia íctica en tres áreas de manglar en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42:663-672.
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