Couma sea catfish (Sciades couma)

Scientific name: Sciades couma Valenciennes, 1840

Couma sea catfish (Sciades couma)

The Couma sea catfish (Sciades couma) is a freshwater fish of the family Ariidae. Native range: South America, Gulf of Paria to the mouth of the Amazon.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 1. The head is rounded and flattened on the upper part. The mouth is slightly inferior. It has 3 pairs of barbels (1 pair of maxillary barbels and 2 pairs of mandibular barbels. The cephalic surface is very rough.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sciades couma
Family
Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
97.0
Common length
50.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: Gulf of Paria to the mouth of the Amazon.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K = 0.45; tmax = 5)

Sources

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

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