Flapnose sea catfish

The flapnose sea catfish (Sciades dowii), also known as the brown sea catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Theodore Gill in 1863, originally under the genus Leptarius.[1] It inhabits rivers and estuaries in Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 15 m (0 to 49 ft).[4] It reaches a maximum total length of 90 cm (35 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 50 cm (20 in).[3]

Flapnose sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Sciades
Species:
S. dowii
Binomial name
Sciades dowii
(Gill, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius alatus Steindachner, 1876
  • Arius dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • Arius dowi (Gill, 1863)
  • Arius dovii (Gill, 1863)
  • Galeichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • Galeichthys dovii (Gill, 1863)
  • Hexanematichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • Leptarius dowii Gill, 1863
  • Sciadeichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • Selenaspis dowii (Gill, 1863)
  • Tachisurus dowii (Gill, 1863)

The diet of the flapnose sea catfish includes small finfish, fish scales, and benthic invertebrates.[5] Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist. It has been harvested for its meat since Pre-Columbian times, and remains a commercially important foodfish to date.[4] It is marketed both fresh and dried-salted.[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Melmoth Dow (1827-1892) a Panama Railroad Company ship captain and an amateur naturalist, who presented the type specimen to the Smithsonian Institution.[6]

References
  1. Synonyms of Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Sciades dowii" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
  4. Sciades dowii at the IUCN redlist.
  5. Food items reported for Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDA". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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