Spotted sea catfish

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Spotted sea catfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Arius
Species:	A. maculatus
Binomial name
*Arius maculatus* (Thunberg, 1792)
Synonyms^[1]
Silurus maculatus Thunberg, 1792 Tachysurus maculatus (Thunberg, 1792) Pimelodus thunberg Lacepède, 1803 Arius thunbergi (Lacepède, 1803) Silurus thunbergi (Lacepède, 1803) Bagrus gagorides Valenciennes, 1840 Arius gagorides (Valenciennes, 1840) Hemipimelodus bicolor Fowler, 1935 Hemipimelodus atripinnis Fowler, 1937

The spotted sea catfish (Arius maculatus), also known as the spotted catfish, the sea barbel or the marine catfish,^[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.^[3] It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1792, originally under the genus Silurus.^[4] It inhabits tropical marine, brackish and freshwater in the Indo-western Pacific region, including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It dwells at a depth range of 50 to 100 m (160 to 330 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 80 cm (31 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 30 cm (12 in).^[3]

The diet of the spotted sea catfish includes detritus, polychaete worms, mollusks, various crustaceans, and milkfish larvae.^[5] It has been recorded spawning between the months of January–April on the coast of Mumbai, India, and in the months of September–October on the coast of Karnataka.^[6] The eggs are incubated in the mouths of the males, which are known to consume a minute quantity of the eggs to combat starvation during the period of incubation.^[3]

The spotted sea catfish is of commercial interest to fisheries. It is primarily marketed fresh, and the air bladders are used in the wine industry as isinglass.^[3]

References

^ Synonyms of Arius maculatus at fishbase.org.
^ Common names of Arius maculatus at fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arius maculatus". FishBase. April 2016 version.
^ Thunberg, C. P., 1792 [ref. 17916] Tvånne Japanske fiskar. Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens nya Handlingar, Stockholm v. 13 (for 1792): 29-32, Pl. 1.
^ Food items reported for Arius maculatus at fishbase.org.
^ Spawning for Arius maculatus at fishbase.org.

Taxon identifiers
Arius maculatus	Wikidata: Q1953493 Wikispecies: Arius maculatus BOLD: 90945 CoL: GQWN FishBase: 1280 GBIF: 2345256 iNaturalist: 608545 IRMNG: 10849943 ITIS: 680698 NCBI: 573377 Observation.org: 790499 OBIS: 275578 Open Tree of Life: 526801 Plazi: C453AB95-492D-E9A6-4A57-1F725CF1A66F WoRMS: 275578 ZooBank: D55AA73E-E413-4E43-BA90-3FEEA3D94A01

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