Arius tenuis Frost 1925 (Ariid catfish)

Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1925. Description of fish otoliths from the Tertiary formationsof Atcheen, Northern Sumatra. Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost-Indiƫ Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 1:1-28

Belongs to Arius according to G. A. Frost 1925

Sister taxa: Arius africanus, Arius amekiensis, Arius angulatus, Arius crassus, Arius danicus, Arius germanicus, Arius hewardbelli, Arius kitsoni, Arius russi, Arius rutschi, Arius subtilis, Arius vangionis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nisam, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nisam

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