Arius africanus Günther, 1867

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Arius africanus : Günther, 1867 c The fishes of Zanzibar. Pharyngognathi, etc | Boulenger, 1911 a : 389, fig. 300Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Pellegrin, 1922 j : 418Les poissons des eaux douces de la région Madécasse. | Pellegrin, 1933 a : 61, fig. 39Les poissons des eaux douces de Madagascar et des Îles voisines (Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes). | Pellegrin, 1934 a : 427La faune ichthyologique des eaux douces de Madagascar. | Copley, 1958 : 101Common freshwater fishes of East Africa. | Arnoult, 1959 b : 25, pl. 3, fig. 3Poissons des eaux douces. | Kiener, 1961 c : 53, fig. 64 bisPoissons malgaches. Liste de noms malgaches de poissons d'eau douce, d'eaux saumâtres et d'espèces euryhalines (2-3). | Kiener, 1963 a : 56, 57, pl. 27Poissons, pêche et pisciculture à Madagascar. | Kiener, 1966 a : 1052, 1117Contribution à l'étude écologique et biologique des eaux saumâtres malgaches. Les poissons euryhalins et leur rôle dans le développement des pêches. | Jayaram, 1984 : 6, 9, 19, 20, 21, 39, 41, fig.FAO species identification sheets for fishing purposes. Western Indian Ocean, fishing area 51. 1. Ariidae. | Bianchi, 1985 : 16FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Taylor, 1986 a : 15337. Ariidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 168An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Reinthal & Stiassny, 1991 : 234The freshwater fishes of Madagascar: a study of an endangered fauna with recommendations for a conservation strategy. | Eccles, 1992 : 70, 125, fig.FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Stiassny & Raminosoa, 1994 : 139The fishes of the inland waters of Madagascar. | Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997 : 354Revision of the Madagascan genus Ptychochromoides (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with description of a new species. | Okeyo, 1998 : 48Updating names, distribution and ecology of riverine fish of Kenya in the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River drainage system. | Ng & Sparks, 2003 c : 864Ariidae: Arius, fiavoalavo, gogo, vaho, vaona, and vahona. | Seegers et al., 2003 : 38Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). | Sparks & Stiassny, 2003 : 851Introduction to the freshwater fishes. | Kailola, 2004 : 146A phylogenetic exploration of the catfish family Ariidae (Otophysi: Siluriformes). | Ferraris, 2007 : 31 (as Arius Africana)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 : 14, 113Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. | Okeyo & Ojwang, 2015 : 165A photographic guide to freshwater fishes of Kenya..
Arius falcarius africanus : Günther, 1867 c : 114 (senior synonym)The fishes of Zanzibar. Pharyngognathi, etc | Nagelkerke, 1997 Chapter 1: General introduction.
Arius falcarius : Dambeck, 1879 : 410, 448 (junior synonym)Die Verbreitung der Süss- und Brackwasser-Fische in Afrika. | Sauvage, 1891 b : 526 (junior synonym)Histoire naturelle des Poissons. | Vaillant, 1894 b : 76, 80 (junior synonym)Note sur les poissons de la famille des Siluridés appartenant à la faune Madécasse et description d'une espèce nouvelle. | Boulenger, 1905 c : 49 (junior synonym)A list of freshwater fishes of Africa. | Pellegrin, 1908 b : 53 (junior synonym)Les poissons d'eau douce de Madagascar. | Ferraris, 2007 : 31 (synonym of Arius Africana) (junior synonym)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types..
Arius madagascariensis (non Vaillant, 1894) : Pellegrin, 1914 g : 111 (junior synonym)Sur une dernière collection de poissons recueillie à Madagascar par feu F. Geay..

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Colour pattern : Jayaram, 1984 .
Common names : Afrikansk havmalle (Danish), African sea catfish / Madagascar sea catfish (English), Mâchoiron africain / Mâchoiron malgache (French), Cangala africana (Portuguese), Bagre africano (Spanish), Hongwe / Fumi (Swahili: Tanzania) .
Current distribution known : Pangani River, Tanzania and estuaries of Madagascar .
Distribution_references : Jayaram, 1984 | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 .
Food habits : feeds mainly on invertebrates and small fishes .
Food habits_references : Jayaram, 1984 .
Habitat / home range : coastal species, mostly found in freshwater that inhabits also estuaries .
Habitat_references : Jayaram, 1984 | Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 .
Morphology / anatomy : Jayaram, 1984 .
Size : ca 450 mm TL .
Types :
- Arius falcarius var. africanus Günther in Playfair & Günther, 1867: 114. Type locality: " River, East Africa". Syntypes BMNH n° 1867.3.7: 385-6 (2) (skins).
Use and trade : mostly marketed fresh .