Brown sea catfish (Sciades dowii)

Scientific name: Sciades dowii Gill, 1863

Brown sea catfish (Sciades dowii)

The Brown sea catfish (Sciades dowii) is a freshwater fish of the family Ariidae. Native range: Central and South America, fresh and brackish water along Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador.

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sciades dowii
Family
Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
90.0
Common length
50.0
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Central and South America: fresh and brackish water along Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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