Qarmoutus El-Sayed et al. 2017 (Ariid catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Full reference: S. E. El-Sayed, M. A. Kora, H. M. Sallam, K. M. Claeson, E. R. Seiffert and M. S. Antar. 2017. A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt. PLoS ONE 12(e0172409):1-42

Parent taxon: Ariidae according to S. E. El-Sayed et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ariidarum, Ariopsis, Arius, Bagre, Cantarius, Cathorops, Galeichthys, Plotosus, Tachysurus, Vorhisia

Subtaxa: Qarmoutus hitanensis

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Type: Qarmoutus hitanensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi Hitan Catfish Site (Eocene of Egypt)

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