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Related FAQs: Ariid Catfishes, Ariid Cats 2, Ariid ID, Ariid
Behavior, Ariid
Compatibility, Ariid
Selection, Ariid Systems,
Ariid Feeding, Ariid Disease, Ariid Reproduction,
Related Articles: Plotosid Marine Catfishes, Freshwater Catfish Families,
Brackish Water
Fishes, The (Iridescent) Shark or Eat-em
Up Catfishes of the Family Pangasiidae & FAQs,
/The Conscientious Marine
Aquarist
The Marine, Brackish &
Freshwater Catfishes (Columbian, Silver-Tipped-
"Sharks") of the
Family Ariidae
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By Bob Fenner
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Arius
seemanni
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Family Ariidae: Fourteen genera, about 120 species. Some
freshwater species, others brackish to entirely marine.
Confusing is the common name "iridescent" shark... a
moniker more often applied to catfishes of the family Pangasiidae.
Please see there as well: The (Iridescent) Shark or Eat-em Up
Catfishes of the Family Pangasiidae & FAQs,
| Sciades seemanni (formerly
Hexanematichthys seemanni, Arius seemanni, A. jordani)
(Gunther 1864), the Tete Sea Catfish to science is variously sold
as "a/the Silver Shark Catfish" and many more names in
the pet-fish trade... Here living in a marine aquarium (they're
not really freshwater). Though not the biggest, best example of
mis-sold/placed catfishes... this species quickly grows to a total
length of fourteen inches, and will gladly ingest its fish
tankmates. Eastern Pacific; Mexico to Peru. Conds.: brackish to
marine, pH 6.8-8.0, dH 8-30, temp. 22-26C.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=13480&genusname=Sciades&speciesname=seemanni |
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