Sculptured sea catfish (Notarius kessleri)

Scientific name: Notarius kessleri Steindachner, 1877

Sculptured sea catfish (Notarius kessleri)

The Sculptured sea catfish (Notarius kessleri) is a brackish-water fish of the family Ariidae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.

Biology

Body long and thick; head depressed and narrow (3.5 to 4 times in SL); snout narrow, truncate to rounded, moderately prominent; eyes small (6.5 to 9.5 times in head length); palate with four bands on conical teeth which become fused in adults; first gill arch with 7 to 8 gill rakers; body shiny, greenish blue with a lighter (even white) belly; barbels white with dark edges.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Notarius kessleri
Family
Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Common length
40.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 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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