Arius festinus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: Known only from the Sofia River .[1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Ng, H.H. and J.S. Sparks The ariid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 735:1-21., 2003.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Arius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 87 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. africanus (African Sea Catfish) · A. albicans (Catfish) · A. arenarius (Sand Catfish) · A. argyropleuron (Sharp-Headed Catfish) · A. arius (Hamilton´s Catfish) · A. armiger (Threadfin Catfish) · A. augustus (Short-Barbelled Catfish) · A. berneyi (Lesser Salmon Catfish) · A. bilineatus (Roundsnout Sea Catfish) · A. bleekeri (Bleeker's Catfish) · A. bonillai (New Granada Sea Catfish) · A. caelatus (Engraved Sea Catfish) · A. carinatus (Comb-Spined Catfish) · A. coatesi (Couma Sea Catfish) · A. coelatus (Engraved Sea Catfish) · A. crassilabris (Thick-Lipped Catfish) · A. crossocheilos (Roughback Sea Catfish) · A. danielsi (Daniels' Catfish) · A. dasycephalus (Big-Bellied Sea Catfish) · A. dispar (Fleshysnout Catfish) · A. dussumieri (Giant Marine Cat Fish) · A. elatturus (African Sea Catfish) · A. falcarius africanus (African Sea Catfish) · A. felis (Hardhead Sea Catfish) · A. froggatti (Small-Mouthed Salmon Catfish) · A. fuerthii (Congo Sea Catfish) · A. gagora (Gagora Catfish) · A. gigas (Giant Sea Catfish) · A. graeffei (Lesser Salmon Catfish) · A. grandicassis (Thomas Sea Catfish) · A. guatemalensis (Blue Sea Catfish) · A. harmandi (Harmand's Catfish) · A. herzbergii (Pemecou Sea Catfish) · A. heudelotii (Marine Catfish) · A. hypophthalmus (Gloomy Sea Catfish) · A. jatius (River Catfish) · A. jella (Blackfin Sea Catfish) · A. kessleri (Sculptured Sea Catfish) · A. latirostris (Broad-Snouted Catfish) · A. latiscutatus (Marine Catfsish) · A. leptaspis (Triangular-Shield Catfish) · A. leptonotacanthus (Smoothspined Catfish) · A. macrocephalus (Large-Scaled Catfish) · A. macronotacanthus (Largespined Catfish) · A. macrorhynchus (Sharp-Nosed Catfish) · A. maculatus (Spotted Sea Catfish) · A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Sea Catfish) · A. manillensis (Manila Sea Catfish) · A. mastersi (Master's Catfish) · A. microcephalus (Squirrelheaded Catfish) · A. midgleyi (Shovel-Nosed Catfish) · A. multiradiatus (Box Sea Catfish) · A. nella (Smooth-Headed Catfish) · A. nox (Comb-Gilled Catfish) · A. oetik (Lowly Catfish) · A. oncina (Jaguar Catfish) · A. osculus (Chomba Sea Catfish) · A. parkii (Guinean Sea Catfish) · A. passany (Passany Sea Catfish) · A. phrygiatus (Kukwari Sea Catfish) · A. planiceps (Flathead Sea Catfish) · A. platypogon (Cominate Sea Catfish) · A. platystomus (Flat-Mouthed Cat Fish) · A. polystaphylodon (Sharpshielded Sea Catfish) · A. proops (Crucifix Sea Catfish) · A. proximus (Arafura Sea Catfish) · A. quadriscutis (Bressou Sea Catfish) · A. robertsi (Taylor's Catfish) · A. rugispinis (Softhead Sea Catfish) · A. sagor (Sunda Sea-Catfish) · A. seemanni (Tete Sea Catfish) · A. solidus (Hard-Palate Catfish) · A. sona (Sona Sea-Catfish) · A. spatula (Duck-Billed Catfish) · A. stormii (Armoured Sea Catfish) · A. subrostratus (Shovel Nose Sea Catfish) · A. sumatranus (Marine Catfish) · A. tenuispinis (Thinspine Sea Catfish) · A. thalassinus (Catfish) · A. maculatus (Spotted Sea Catfish) · A. truncatus (Spoonsnouted Catfish) · A. tuyra (Besudo Sea Catfish) · A. utarus (Northern Rivers Catfish) · A. utik (Goldflag Jobfish) · A. velutinus (Papillate Catfish) · A. venosus (Marine Catfish) · A. robertsi (Taylor's Catfish)

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Further Reading

• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
• Ng, H.H. and J.S. Sparks The ariid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 735:1-21., 2003.
• Ng, Heok Hee and Sparks, J.S. 2003a. The ariid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 735: 1-21.
• Ng, Heok Hee and Sparks, J.S. 2003c. Arius In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar, pp: 864-865. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Arius festinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5507876
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-153991
• IUCN ID: 192698
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 610005

Footnotes

1. Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Arius festinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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