Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Ariidae
Genus: Ariopsis
Species (8): A. assimilis – A. canteri – A. felis – A. gilberti – A. guatemalensis – A. jimenezi – A. seemanni – A. simonsi
Name
Ariopsis Gill, 1861: 56
Type species: Arius milberti Valenciennes, 1840, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Gill, T.N. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13(Suppl.): 1–63.
Additional references
Marceniuk, A.P., Acero P., A., Cooke, R. & Betancur-R., R. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Ariopsis Gill (Siluriformes: Ariidae), with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4290(1): 1–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.1.1 Reference page.
Ariopsis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The genus has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.[1]
Species
There are currently four described species in this genus:[2]
Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864) (Mayan sea catfish)
Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Hardhead sea catfish)
Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) (Blue sea catfish)
Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864) (Tete sea catfish)
References
"Ariopsis Gill, 1861". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Ariopsis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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