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Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes, 1840)

Thomas sea catfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Junior synonym Notarius parmocassis is valid according to Marceniuk et al, 2023 (Ref. 130933:440)

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 20 m (Ref. 5217). Tropical; 12°N - 23°S, 77°W - 34°W

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South America: Rivers and estuaries from Gulf of Venezuela to mouth of the Amazon River.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 63.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); max. published weight: 58.30 g (Ref. 118626)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1. Three pairs of barbels on rostral region, two pairs on lower jaw, one pair on posterior end of maxilla; end of maxilla barbel reaching insertion of pectoral fin; body yellow-brown, whitish ventrally; each fin membrane blackish distally (Ref. 13608).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on muddy bottoms of shallow brackish waters; also in marine waters. Reproduction seems to occur between May and June. The female lays down 20-30 eggs having a diameter of 10-12 mm, agglutinated in mucus. The male guards the eggs for 10-12 days until hatching (Ref. 35381). Marketed fresh.

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

Taylor, W.R. and N.A. Menezes, 1978. Ariidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). volume 1. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3265)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.9 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 253 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00410 - 0.01116), b=3.12 (2.97 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Prior r = 0.28, 95% CL = 0.18 - 0.42, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 107 [57, 214] mg/100g; Iron = 0.926 [0.592, 1.507] mg/100g; Protein = 17 [15, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.152 [0.086, 0.257] g/100g; Selenium = 50.2 [27.5, 103.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19 [9, 42] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.24 [0.86, 1.87] mg/100g (wet weight);