Sciades
| Sciades | |
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| Sciades herzbergii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849 |
| Type species | |
| Sciades emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849
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Sciades is a genus of sea catfishes mostly found along the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. One species, S. dowii, occurs on the Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador. The genus Ariopsis has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.[1]
Currently, six described species are in this genus:[2]
- Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840) (Couma sea-catfish)
- Sciades dowii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (brown sea-catfish)
- Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794) (Pemecou sea catfish)
- Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832) (gillbacker sea catfish)
- Sciades passany (Valenciennes, 1840) (Passany sea catfish)
- Sciades proops (Valenciennes, 1840) (crucifix sea catfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sciades". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Ariopsis Gill, 1861". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sciades". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2025.