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Galeichthys
Sign in to saveGaleichthys is a genus of sea catfishes in the family Ariidae, the only genus in the subfamily Galeichthyinae. It includes four predominantly marine species distributed in Southern Africa and northwestern South America: Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 (Black sea catfish) Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 (White barbel), the type species Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken, 1874 (Peruvian sea catfish) Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAriidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Ariidae
- Collections
- USNM, MSUM, CMN, CAS, UF, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Brazil
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Galeichthys is a genus of sea catfishes in the family Ariidae, the only genus in the subfamily Galeichthyinae. It includes four predominantly marine species distributed in Southern Africa and northwestern South America: Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 (Black sea catfish) Galeichthys feliceps Valenciennes, 1840 (White barbel), the type species Galeichthys peruvianus Lütken, 1874 (Peruvian sea catfish) Galeichthys trowi Kulongowski, 2010
Those fish have three pairs of barbels: a pair of fleshy and cylindrical maxillary barbels and two pairs of mental barbels. The base of the adipose fin is as long as the base of the anal fin.
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