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Ariidae (Ariid catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ariidae Berg
1963Ariidae Jordan p. 645
1975Ariidae Sahni and Mishra p. 11
1987Ariidae Cione pp. 113-114
1990Ariidae Nolf and Dockery III p. 5
1993Ariidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 14
1993Ariidae Nolf and Dockery p. 27
1997Ariidae Lundberg p. 80 fig. 5.9A
1999Ariidae Weems p. 60
2001Ariidae Purdy et al. p. 164
2011Ariidae Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 87
2013Ariidae Betancur et al.
2016Ariidae Nelson et al. p. 231
2017Ariidae El-Sayed et al. p. 6
2018Ariidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 168
2019Ariidae Ebersole et al. p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyAriidaeBerg 1958
familyAriidaeBerg 1958

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Ariidae Berg 1958 [Ariid catfish]
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G. Ariidarum Berg 1958
G. †Ariopsis Gill 1861
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†Ariopsis castilloensi Aguilera et al. 2020
G. Arius Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
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†Arius africanus Frost 1926
†Arius amekiensis Frost 1926
†Arius angulatus Frost 1926
†Arius crassus Koken 1884
†Arius danicus Koken 1891
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Invalid names: Arius rotundus Roedel 1930 [synonym]
†Arius germanicus Koken 1891
†Arius hewardbelli White 1926
†Arius kitsoni White 1926
†Arius russi White 1926
†Arius rutschi Casier 1958
†Arius subtilis Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
†Arius tenuis Frost 1925
†Arius vangionis Koken 1891
G. Bagre Mitchill 1815
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Bagre marinus Mitchill 1815
Bagre ornatus Aguilera et al. 2020
†Bagre urumacoensis Aguilera and Marceniuk 2018
G. †Cantarius Aguilera 2013
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†Cantarius nolfi Aguilera 2013
G. †Cathorops Jordan and Gilbert 1883
G. Galeichthys Valenciennes 1840
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†Galeichthys ohei Schwarzhans 2019
G. Plotosus Bloch 1794
G. †Qarmoutus El-Sayed et al. 2017
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†Qarmoutus hitanensis El-Sayed et al. 2017
G. Tachysurus Lacepede 1804
G. †Vorhisia Frizzell 1965
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†Vorhisia vulpes Frizzell 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:44:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:44:03
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 70.60000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Ariidae indet. (45087)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Arius sp. (60397)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Ariidae indet., Vorhisia sp. (127085)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Vorhisia vulpes (179290 179291 179292 213582 213583 213587 213589 213593 213607 213609 213611 213613)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Arius danicus (22943)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Arius danicus (159792 159793 159794 159795)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Ariidarum sp. 1, Ariidarum sp. 2 (87817)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Ukraine Arius danicus, Arius subtilis (159509)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Arius sp. (219001)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Ariidae indet. (81179)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Arius sp. (15595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Arius egertoni (41989) Arius egertoni, Tachysurus planus (41998) Tachysurus planus (41992)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Ariidae indet. (16712 200654)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Arius sp. (188954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Barbados Arius rutschi (221164 221165 221166 221168)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) Ariidae indet. (202251) Arius kutchensis (45583)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Ariidae indet. (28978)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Ariidae indet. (81224 209368 209521)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Arius sp. (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Arius kitsoni, Arius hewardbelli, Otolithus africanus, Otolithus angulatus, Otolithus amekiensis (60711) Arius russi (77257 187560)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) Arius kutchensis (45590 45591)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) Ariidae indet. (37559)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Arius sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Nigeria Arius kitsoni, Arius hewardbelli, Arius africanus, Arius angulatus, Arius amekiensis (32905)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Arius egertoni (42639) Otolithus sp. B, Otolithus sp. C, Otolithus parvus, Otolithus danicus, Otolithus crassus (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Ariidae indet. (81266 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Arius sp. (48074)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Arius sp. (61249)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Arius sp. (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara Ariidae indet. (159113)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados Arius rutschi (220738)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Arius sp. (75638)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Qarmoutus hitanensis (190950)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Arius egertoni (42640)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Ariidarum vangionis (95898)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Arius sp. (65162 112591)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Arius keesleri, Plotosus sp., Cathorops sp. (118106)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Lara) Bagre ornatus (199712)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Bagre sp. (48887)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Indonesia (Aceh) Arius tenuis (223640)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Ariopsis castilloensi (43063)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Ariidae sp. (166506)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) Cathorops sp., Cantarius nolfi (212872)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Ariidae indet. (52183)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Loreto) Ariidae indet. (224011)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Bolivia (Santa Cruz) Ariidae indet. (167953)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Ariidae indet. (186666)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Arius sp. (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Arius sp. (145524) Bagre sp., Cathorops sp. (24237)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) Ariidae indet. (45485)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Ariidarum sp. (178120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Arius sp. (145530)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Bagre sp. (81491) Bagre urumacoensis (136777)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Ariidae indet. (45486)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Ariidae indet. (128628 140010)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Arius couma, Arius dowii, Arius herzbergii, Arius kessleri, Arius quadriscutis, Arius rugispinis, Bagre marinus (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Arius gigas, Ariidae indet. (24181)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Arius sp. (144596)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Ariidae indet. (13079)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Bagre marinus (136387)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Tachysurus sinensis, Galeichthys ohei (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Tachysurus sp. (22221 22222 100313)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Bagre sp. (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Plotosus sp. (186673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Tachysurus sp. (154111)
Opoitian - Mangapanian5.333 - 2.4New Zealand (North Island) Galeichthys ohei (219628)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Arius felis (22712)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Ariidae indet. (32116)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Galeichthys ohei (219632)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Venezuela (Falcon) Bagre marinus (212870)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Arius felis (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Arius felis (20604)