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Arius latiscutatus in Gambia
Rough-head sea catfish

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Arius latiscutatus   Günther, 1864
Family:	Ariidae (Sea catfishes)			picture (Arlat_u3.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Rough-head sea catfish
Max. size:	70.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3876)
Environment:	demersal ; depth range - 70 m
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.15)
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: Dakar, Senegal to Angola; one record from Fernando Poo. Reported from Gambia and the lower Niger basin (Ref. 13331).
Biology:	Mainly marine but frequently found in brackish estuaries, sometimes enters freshwater (Ref. 3876). Common during winter (Ref. 2683). Feeds on fish, benthic invertebrates, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 28587). Ornamental and sometimes considered aquaria fish (Ref. 27121), the fish is venomous and can be dangerous to humans (Ref. 12484)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	venomous , van der Elst, R.. 1993
Coordinator:	Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref:	Schneider, W.. 1990. (Ref. 2683)
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Gambia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Albaret, J.-J., M. Simier, F.S. Darboe, J-M. Ecoutin, J. Raffray and L.T. de Morais, 2004
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ga.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Taylor, W.R., 1990
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	Checked:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Modified:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Entered:  Agustin, Liza Q.

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