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Brown sea catfish (Sciades dowii) fish species information

Scientific Name
Sciades dowii

Common Name
Brown sea catfish

Biology
Body elongate, not very robust; nostrils connected through the snout by a narrow flap of skin; eyes small (8 to 12 times in head length); cephalic plate entirely covered with thick granules, its edges striate; lower branch of the first gill arch with 17 gill rakers; adipose fin located over the end of the anal fin, its length two to three times that of the dorsal fin. Body blue-brown or blue-gray; belly white; fins dark with numerous brown spots; maxillary barbels dark gray (Ref. 55763).

Classification

Classified By
Gill, 1863
Class
Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
Order
Catfish (Siluriformes)
Family
Sea catfishes (Ariidae)

Distribution

Region
Central and South America
Distribution
Central and South America: fresh and brackish water along Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador.
Range
8°N - 2°S

Environment

Climate
Tropical
Water Temperature From
Unknown °C
Water Temperature To
Unknown °C
Depth From - meters
Unknown m
Depth To - meters
Unknown m
Zone
demersal
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; demersal
Trophic Level
4.03 s.e. 0.62 Based on food items.
Occurs in Marine / Salt water
False
Occurs in Brackish water
True
Occurs in Fresh Water
True
Occurs on Reefs
False
Is kept in Aquariums
False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length
90.0 cm
Common Length
50.0 cm
Phylogenetic Diversity Index
PD50 = 0.5078 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Vulnerability
High vulnerability (60 of 100)
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Threat To Humans
  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
IUCN Red List Status
  Least Concern (LC)