Chili sea catfish (Notarius troschelii)

Scientific name: Notarius troschelii Gill, 1863

Chili sea catfish (Notarius troschelii)

The Chili sea catfish (Notarius troschelii) is a brackish-water fish of the family Ariidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Mexico to Peru.

Biology

Body robust and depressed; snout prominent; mouth large; eyes medium sized (5.8 to 8.5 times in head length); cephalic plate granulated; with striations extending to the inter-orbital space; jaw teeth small, set in broad bands; palate with four plates of villiform teeth, the lateral ones being larger, triangular, and extended backwards; lower branch of the first gill arch with 7 to 10 gill rakers.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Notarius troschelii
Family
Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.6
Common length
30.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.20)

Sources

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

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