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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Arius: Greek, arios, areios = dealing with Mars, warlike, bellicose (Ref. 45335); uncinatus: Name from the Latin 'uncinatus', meaning hooked, in reference to the curved snout of this species (Ref. 56505).

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Africa: Madagascar (Ref. 56505).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56505)

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Body moderately compressed (Ref. 56505). Vomerine teeth in a single pair of triangular patches (Ref. 56505). Maximum height of adipose fin 4.5-5.8 % of SL (Ref. 56505). Dorsal surface of head and body uniform gray to grayish brown, upper third of head and body darkest, gradually fading to a lighter color along middle third of head and body; lower third and ventral surfaces of head and body dirty white (Ref. 56505). Adipose fin gray, dorsal-fin rays gray, fin rays of all other fins with scattered gray melanophores (Ref. 56505).

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Ng, H.H. and J.S. Sparks, 2003. The ariid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Madagascar, with the description of two new species. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 735:1-21. (Ref. 56505)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Critically Endangered (CR) (B1ab(i,iii,v)); Date assessed: 23 June 2016

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)

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Arius uncinatus Ng & Sparks, 2003