Ariidae

Ariidae
Temporal range: Campanian–recent
Bagre marinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Arioidea
Family: Ariidae
L. S. Berg, 1958
Subfamilies
Amissidens
Amphiarius
Ariopsis
Arius
Aspistor
Batrachocephalus
Brustiarius
Carlarius
Cathorops
Cephalocassis
Chinchaysuyoa
Cinetodus
Cochlefelis
Cryptarius
Genidens
Hemiarius
Hexanematichthys
Ketengus
Nedystoma
Nemapteryx
Neoarius
Netuma
Notarius
Occidentarius
Osteogeneiosus
Paragenidens
Plicofollis
Potamarius
Potamosilurus
Qarmoutus
Sciades
Bagre
Galeichthys

The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.

Fossilized pectoral spines and skull bone fragments of ariid catfish are known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of Argentina, which are among the oldest known remains of siluroid catfish.[1]

  1. ^ Near, Thomas J; Thacker, Christine E (18 April 2024). "Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.