Arius africanus

Arius africanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Ariidae
Genus: Arius
Species: Arius africanus

Name

Arius africanus Günther, 1867 (sedis mutabilis).

• Type locality: Pangani River, East Africa.

Synonymy

• Arius falcarius africana Günther, 1867 (as Arius falcarius var. africana)

References

• Playfair, R. L. & A. Günther (1867) The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. London. Pp. 1-153.
• Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007) Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628 Full text
• Marceniuk, A.P., Menezes, N.A. (2007) Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa, 1416: 1–126. Full text