| Family: |
Ariidae (Sea catfishes), subfamily: Ariinae |
| Max. size: |
24.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; brackish |
| Distribution: |
Western Central Atlantic: mangrove channels in Belize City, Belize. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 18-21. Differs from all congeners by possessing 19-20 gill rakers on first arch; 18-21 anal-fin rays; posterior margin of pectoral-fin spine with short and inconspicuous serrations; orbital diameter 3.6-4.4% SL; interorbital distance 12.9-15.1% SL; and dorsal fin spine length 29.4-33.3% of distance from tip of snout to pelvic-fin origin. Additional diagnostic characters include snout length 6.9-8.9% SL; supraoccipital process (8.8-10.5% SL); lacking fleshy papillae intercalated with gill rakers on first two arches; remarkably granulated cephalic shield; dorsal-fin spine 15.9-17.6% SL, dorsal-fin spine as long as pectoral-fin spine; nuchal plate 5.6-6.4% SL; distance between anterior nostrils 5.1-6.1% SL; distance between posterior nostrils 5.9-7.6%SL; mouth width 10.0-13.2%SL; premaxilla width 6.3-11.9% SL; lower lobe of caudal-fin 25.5-28.2%SL; pelvic fin pale; head length 25.8-31.9%SL; snout length 6.9-8.9%SL; and distance between lateral cornu of lateral ethmoid and external limb of supracleithrum 22.2-26.4%SL (Ref. 75004). |
| Biology: |
Inhabits mangrove areas (Ref. 75004). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 17 August 2011 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
traumatogenic |
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