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Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Ariidae | Ariopsis felis | (Linnaeus) | 1766 | Hardhead Catfish |
Ariopsis felis
Unique Characters: Fin spines with no fleshy elements. Adipose fin blackish. Three pairs of barbels around mouth, all round in cross-section.
Similar Species: Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus. Only 2 pairs of barbels on the chin. Filaments of dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines appearing as long, flattened ribbons.
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