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Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803)

White sea catfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Genidens: Greek, geny, -yos = face, jaw + Latin, dens, dentis = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

Issue
Synonymy follows Higuchi et al (1982).

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 8 - 33 m (Ref. 121781). Subtropical; 4°S - 37°S, 61°W - 34°W

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Southwest Atlantic: Atlantic coast from La Plata basin to eastern Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 41.5, range 22 - 73 cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39852); max. reported age: 36 years (Ref. 6428)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Body dark blue dorsally, silvery white ventrally. Dorsal fin, adipose fin, soft ray of pectoral fin and maxillary barbel dark blue. Posterior margins of caudal and anal fins slightly blackish (Ref. 27363).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Males carry the eggs in their mouth (Ref. 205). Depth range based on occurrence (Ref. 121781); to be replaced with a better reference.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Males carry the eggs in their mouth (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Collaborators

Marceniuk, A.P. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2003. Ariidae (Sea catfishes). p. 447-455. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 39852)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00621 - 0.00846), b=3.06 (3.02 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.8   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.13; tmax=36; Fec=32).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 40.1 [22.4, 108.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.883 [0.554, 1.532] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.7, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.342 [0.192, 0.634] g/100g; Selenium = 27.2 [14.9, 58.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.03 [3.10, 20.50] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.683 [0.463, 1.031] mg/100g (wet weight);