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Related FAQs: Ariid Catfishes, Ariid Cats 2,
Ariid ID, Ariid
Behavior, Ariid Compatibility,
Ariid Selection, Ariid
Systems, Ariid Feeding,
Ariid Disease, Ariid
Reproduction,
Related Articles: Plotosid Marine Catfishes,
Freshwater Catfish Families, Brackish
Water Fishes,
The
(Iridescent) Shark or
Eat-em Up Catfishes of the Family Pangasiidae &
FAQs,
/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist
The Marine,
Brackish & Freshwater Catfishes (Columbian,
Silver-Tipped- "Sharks") of the Family Ariidae
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By Bob Fenner |
Arius seemanni
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Family Ariidae: Fourteen genera, about 120 species. Some
freshwater species, others brackish to entirely marine.
Confusing is the common name "iridescent" shark... a moniker more often
applied to catfishes of the family Pangasiidae. Please see there as well:
The (Iridescent) Shark or
Eat-em Up Catfishes of the Family Pangasiidae &
FAQs,
Sciades seemanni (formerly
Hexanematichthys seemanni, Arius seemanni, A. jordani) (Gunther 1864), the Tete Sea
Catfish to science is variously sold as "a/the Silver Shark
Catfish" and many more names in the pet-fish trade... Here living in a
marine aquarium (they're not really freshwater). Though not the biggest,
best example of mis-sold/placed catfishes... this species quickly grows to a
total length of fourteen inches, and will gladly ingest its fish tankmates.
Eastern Pacific; Mexico to Peru. Conds.: brackish to marine, pH 6.8-8.0, dH
8-30, temp. 22-26C.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=13480&genusname=Sciades&speciesname=seemanni |
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