Ariidae

66 species in this family

The Ariidae family includes 66 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.

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African sea catfish

Arius africanus

Ariidae

Aguadulce sea catfish

Cathorops aguadulce

Ariidae

Armed sea catfish

Nemapteryx armiger

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Barber

Galeichthys feliceps

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Beardless sea catfish

Batrachocephalus mino

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Berney's catfish

Neoarius berneyi

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Black sea catfish

Galeichthys ater

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Blackfoot sea catfish

Cathorops melanopus

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Blacktip sea catfish

Plicofollis dussumieri

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Blue catfish (Neoarius graeffei)

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Blue sea catfish

Ariopsis guatemalensis

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Borneo sea catfish

Cephalocassis borneensis

Ariidae

Bressou sea catfish

Aspistor quadriscutis

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Broadbent's sea catfish

Plicofollis argyropleuron

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Broadsnout sea catfish

Neoarius latirostris

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Bronze catfish (Plicofollis nella)

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Bronze sea catfish

Netuma bilineata

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Cat fish

Bagre marinus

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Catfish (Sciades proops)

Ariidae

Catfish (Bagre bagre)

Ariidae

Catfish (Netuma thalassina)

Ariidae

Catfish (Notarius grandicassis)

Ariidae

Chihuil

Bagre panamensis

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Chili sea catfish

Notarius troschelii

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Cliff catfish

Plicofollis polystaphylodon

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Cominate sea catfish

Occidentarius platypogon

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Cooke's sea catfish

Notarius cookei

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Couma sea catfish

Sciades couma

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Embroidered sea catfish

Amphiarius phrygiatus

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Engraved sea catfish

Nemapteryx caelata

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Flapnose sea catfish

Sciades herzbergii

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Flathead sea catfish (Notarius planiceps)

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Flathead sea catfish (Genidens planifrons)

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Ganges sea catfish

Cephalocassis jatia

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Gillbacker sea catfish

Sciades parkeri

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Guinean sea catfish

Carlarius parkii

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Guri sea catfish

Genidens genidens

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Hardhead sea catfish

Ariopsis felis

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Kessler's sea catfish

Notarius kessleri

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Lacandon sea catfish

Potamarius nelsoni

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Lung-bladder sea catfish

Aspistor luniscutis

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Madagascar sea catfish

Arius madagascariensis

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Madamango sea catfish

Cathorops spixii

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Manila sea catfish

Arius manillensis

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Marine catfish

Genidens barbus

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Maya sea catfish

Ariopsis assimilis

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Midgley's catfish

Neoarius midgleyi

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Pemecou sea catfish

Sciades passany

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Peruvian sea catfish

Galeichthys peruvianus

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Pitted sea catfish

Cathorops variolosus

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Red sea catfish

Bagre pinnimaculatus

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Rough-head sea catfish

Arius latiscutatus

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Sagor sea catfish

Hexanematichthys sagor

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Sand sea catfish

Cathorops arenatus

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Smallhead sea catfish

Arius microcephalus

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Smoothmouth sea catfish

Carlarius heudelotii

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Softhead sea catfish

Amphiarius rugispinis

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Soldier catfish (Osteogeneiosus militaris)

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Sparse sea catfish

Sciades paucus

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Spotted catfish (Arius maculatus)

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Steindachner's sea catfish

Cathorops steindachneri

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Tete sea catfish

Ariopsis seemanni

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Thinspine sea catfish

Plicofollis tonggol

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Threadfin sea catfish

Arius arius

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Truncated sea catfish

Cryptarius truncatus

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Veined catfish

Arius venosus

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