About this species
The warrior catfish is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Patricia J. Kailola in 2000, originally under the genus Arius. It inhabits marine and freshwaters in New Guinea and Australia. It reaches a standard length of 120 cm (47 in), and a maximum weight of 19 kg (42 lb).
Text from the Wikipedia article “Aceroichthys”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Arius dioctes, Hemiarius dioctes
Similar species
- Giant Sea Catfish
Netuma thalassina
- sand catfish
Arius arenarius
- threadfin sea catfish
Arius arius
- Gagora catfish
Arius gagora
- Black-spotted Seacatfish
Arius maculatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
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