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Ariidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Ariidae

Name

Synonyms
Tachysuridae
Homonyms
Ariidae
Common names
Ariid catfish in English
Ariid catfish in English
Bagre marinho in Portuguese
Bagres in Portuguese
Bagres-marinhos in Portuguese
Christusvissen in Dutch
Havmaller in Danish
Họ Cá úc in Vietnamese
Jūriniai šamai in Lithuanian
Kreuzwelse in German
Sea Catfishes in English
Seebabers in Afrikaans
ariusowate in Polish
bagres marinos in Spanish
bagres marinos in Spanish
fork-tailed catfishes in English
fork-tailed catfishes in English
křížovcovití in Czech
merimonnit in Finnish
morski somi in Slovenian
poissons-chats marins in French
poissons-chats marins in French
sea catfishes in English
sea catfishes in English
Ариевые in Russian
Аріусові in Ukrainian
ปลากดทะเล ฯลฯ in Thai
ハマギギ科 in Japanese
海鯰科 in Chinese
바다동자개과 in Korean
ハマギギ科 in Japanese
sea catfishes in English
sea catfishes in English
ハマギギ科 in Japanese
ハマギギ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr., and Mário C. C. de Pinna, 1999: Higher-level Names for Catfishes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 51, no. 1. 1-17.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Kailola, P. J. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Ariidae (=Tachysuridae): Sea catfishes (fork-tailed catfishes). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1827-1879.
  9. Marceniuk, Alexandre P., and Carl J. Ferraris, Jr. / Reis, Roberto E., S. O. Kullander, et al., eds., 2003: Family Ariidae (Sea catfishes). Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. 447-455.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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