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Arius africanus in Kenya
African sea catfish

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Arius africanus   Günther, 1867
Family:	Ariidae (Sea catfishes)			picture (Arafr_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	African sea catfish
Max. size:	45.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4967)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Pangani River, Tanzania and estuaries of Madagascar.
Biology:	Arius africanus is a coastal species, mostly found in freshwater (Ref. 52331). It inhabits also estuaries (Ref. 5213). Feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref:	Taylor, W.R.. 1986. (Ref. 3876)
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Kenya country information
Common names:	African sea catfish		Ref:  Okeyo, D.O., 1998
Status:	native		Ref:  Okeyo, D.O., 1998
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Known from the lower courses of the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River system (Ref. 30558, Ref. 52331) and Tana River (Ref. 52331).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ke.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.recoscix.org/openscrn.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Seegers, L., L. De Vos and D.O. Okeyo, 2003
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	Modified:  Boden, Gert	Entered:  Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

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