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Guinean sea catfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Ariidae

Genus
  
Carlarius

Order
  
Catfish

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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The Guinean sea catfish (Carlarius parkii), also known as the Marine catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Albert Günther in 1864, originally under the genus Arius. It is a tropical fish which is found in Mauritania, Angola, Morocco and the Spanish Sahara. It inhabits coastal marine waters at a depth range of 50 to 80 m (160 to 260 ft), also frequently entering estuaries and freshwater rivers. It reaches a maximum total length of 70 cm (28 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 40 cm (16 in).

The Guinean sea catfish feeds on bony fish and shrimp. It is of commercial interest to fisheries, although a venom in the serrated spines of its dorsal and pectoral regions can cause painful injuries.

Male Guinean sea catfish orally incubate eggs.

References

Guinean sea catfish Wikipedia