WoRMS taxon details
Arius africanus Günther, 1867
214562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214562)
accepted
Species
Arius falcarius africana Günther, 1867 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Arius falcarius africanus Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
Tachysurus africanus (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
Description Mostly found in freshwater. Inhabits also estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes.
Description Mostly found in freshwater. Inhabits also estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Arius africanus Günther, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214562 on 2024-04-23
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Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Mostly found in freshwater. Inhabits also estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes. [details]Remark In Playfair & Günther. Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African sea catfish | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tachysurus africanus (Günther, 1867))
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius falcarius africana Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Arius africanus, Kenya, by SAIAB)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Arius falcarius africana Günther in Playfair & Günther, 1867; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100799) (from synonym Arius falcarius africana Günther, 1867)
To ITIS
To Fishbase (from synonym Tachysurus africanus (Günther, 1867))
To Fishbase (from synonym Arius falcarius africana Günther, 1867)
To FishBase images (Arius africanus, Kenya, by SAIAB)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NHMUK collection (Arius falcarius africana Günther in Playfair & Günther, 1867; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3100799) (from synonym Arius falcarius africana Günther, 1867)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
