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Brustiarius nox (Herre, 1935)

Comb-gilled 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
More on author: Herre.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 3°S - 6°S

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Oceania: lower and middle Sepik and Ramu river systems in Papua New Guinea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2847)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 21.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs primarily on the floodplain and in permanent lakes, occasionally encountered in river channels, but in low numbers. Feeds on small crustaceans, aquatic insect larvae and nymphs, terrestrial insects, plants, detritus, gastropods, leeches and worms (Ref. 2847).

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Mouthbrooders. A typical brood mass contains 8 to 30 eggs (Ref. 2847).

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

Marceniuk, A.P., C. Oliveira and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2023. A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Zool.J. Linn. Soc. 200(2):426-476. (Ref. 130933)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)





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