Threadfin sea catfish

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Threadfin sea catfish

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Arius
Species:	A. arius
Binomial name
*Arius arius* (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms^[2]
Pimelodus arius Hamilton, 1822 Tachysurus arius (Hamilton, 1822) Arius falcarius Richardson, 1845 Bagrus crinalis Richardson, 1846 Pimelodus mong Richardson, 1846 Arius cochinchinensis Günther, 1864 Arius sinensis Mai, 1978 Arius boakeii Turner, 1867 Arius buchanani Day, 1877

The threadfin sea catfish (Arius arius), also called the Hamilton's catfish, marine catfish or jella,^[3] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.^[4] It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally under the genus Pimelodus.^[5] It is migratory and is found in tropical brackish and marine waters in the Indo-western Pacific region, including Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, and China.^[1] It reaches a maximum standard length of 40 cm (16 in), but more commonly reaches an SL of 15 cm (5.9 in).^[4]

The diet of the threadfin sea catfish consists of finfish in the genus Stolephorus and silver bellies, as well as crabs, mollusks, prawns, and other invertebrates.^[6] It is of commercial interest to fisheries.^[4] The Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently rates the species as Least Concern due to its wide distribution and lack of known threats, although it states that the acquirement of empirical data on the effect of fisheries on the population may lead to a reassessment.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pal, M. (2020) [errata version of 2012 assessment]. "Arius arius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166446A174784505. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166446A174784505.en. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ Synonyms of Arius arius at fishbase.org.
^ Common names of Arius arius at fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arius arius". FishBase. April 2016 version.
^ Hamilton, F. 1822 [ref. 2031] An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.
^ Food items reported for Arius arius at fishbase.org.

Taxon identifiers
Arius arius	Wikidata: Q385579 Wikispecies: Arius arius BOLD: 90941 CoL: GQSP EoL: 46582002 FishBase: 1285 GBIF: 2345293 iNaturalist: 187086 IRMNG: 10717562 ITIS: 680685 IUCN: 166446 NCBI: 287714 OBIS: 275569 Open Tree of Life: 784540 Plazi: 605FF45C-AF1A-FB79-4D7C-D3BF5FB26C5C WoRMS: 275569

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