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Arius malabaricus Day, 1877

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India country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Canara (Ref. 56787). Needs a better reference.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Arius: Greek, arios, areios = dealing with Mars, warlike, bellicose (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Day.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal.   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indian Ocean: India.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2006. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of April 2006. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in April 2006. (Ref. 56787)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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