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Arius festinus in Madagascar

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Arius festinus   Ng & Sparks, 2003
Family:	Ariidae (Sea catfishes)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	15.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 56505)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: Madagascar (Ref. 56505).
Diagnosis:	Vertebrae: 53-53. Body moderately compressed (Ref. 56505). Vomerine teeth in a single pair of ovoid patches (Ref. 56505). Short pelvic fins, 15.2-15.6 % of SL, that do not reach the anal-fin origin when adpressed (Ref. 56505). Dorsal surface of head and body uniform gray to grayish brown, upper third of head and body darkest, gradually fading to 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).
Biology:
Threatened:	Endangered, see IUCN Red List  (B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,v)) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref:	Ng, H.H. and J.S. Sparks. 2003. (Ref. 56505)
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Madagascar country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Type-locality of holotype of Arius festinus: 'Madagascar: Amboaboa River, near its confluence with the Mangarahara River (left bank tributary of the Sofia River)' (Ref. 56505). Known from the Amboaboa River (Ref. 56505).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ma.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Ng, H.H. and J.S. Sparks, 2003
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	Modified:  Boden, Gert	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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