Ariopsis guatemalensis, Blue sea catfish

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Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864)

Blue sea catfish
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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Ariopsis: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 20 m (Ref. 96339). Tropical; 24°N - 14°N

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Central America: Pacific coast from Mexico to Honduras. Reported from Nicaragua (Ref. 58022).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 115882)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Abundant in marine and brackish waters (Ref. 9271). Also enters freshwater (Ref. 36880).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Kailola, P.J. and W.A. Bussing, 1995. Ariidae. Bagres marinos. p. 860-886. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9271)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)





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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.6 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 52 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00661 (0.00406 - 0.01076), b=3.09 (2.95 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 18.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 90.4 [44.2, 226.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.941 [0.547, 1.728] mg/100g; Protein = 17 [15, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.211 [0.111, 0.415] g/100g; Selenium = 44.4 [20.1, 104.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26 [8, 83] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.66 [1.09, 2.62] mg/100g (wet weight);