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Arius madagascariensis in Mozambique
Madagascar sea catfish

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Arius madagascariensis   Vaillant, 1894
Family:	Ariidae (Sea catfishes)			picture (Armad_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Madagascar sea catfish
Max. size:	70.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4967)
Environment:	demersal; anadromous
Climate:	tropical; 5°N - 25°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: western coast of Madagascar; seldom on the eastern coast. Also found in Mozambique (Ref. 5213) and Tanzania (Ref. 4967).
Diagnosis:	Anal soft rays: 16-16. Body moderately compressed (Ref. 56505). Head width 17.5-20.5 % of SL (Ref. 56505). A single pair of ovoid vomerine tooth patches (Ref. 56505). Dorsal surface of head and body uniform gray to grayish brown, upper third of head and body darkest, gradually fading to a 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:	Caught with stake traps, shore seines and bagnets, also on hook and line. Common in rivers and lakes (Ref. 3876), also found in estuaries (Ref. 5213
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref:	Jayaram, K.C.. 1984. (Ref. 3290)
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Mozambique country information
Common names:	Cangala malgache		Ref:  Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga, 1990
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Occurrence needs confirmation (Ref. 5213).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mz.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga, 1990
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	Modified:  Luna, Susan M.	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

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