Passany sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Sciades
Species:
S. passany
Binomial name
Sciades passany
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bagrus passany Valenciennes, 1840
  • Arius passany (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Hexanematichthys passany (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Selenaspis passany (Valenciennes, 1840)

The Passany sea catfish[2] (Sciades passany) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Bagrus.[1] It occurs in estuaries and coastal marine waters in Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.[4] It reaches a maximum total length of 100 cm (39 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 50 cm (20 in). It reaches a maximum weight of 15 kg (33 lb).[3] Although not specifically fished for, it is eaten when caught. It may be a host for the parasite Amapacanthus Amazonicus.[4]

The passany sea catfish is currently ranked as Data Deficient by the IUCN redlist, but notes that although the species is not of significant interest to fisheries, it possibly has a slow maturation rate due to its size, which may affect its potential for overexploitation.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Synonyms of Sciades passany at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Sciades passany at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Sciades passany" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
  4. 1 2 3 Sciades passany at the IUCN redlist.


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