Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
Author
Alexandre P. Marceniuk
Author
Naércio A. Menezes
text
Zootaxa
2007
1416
1
126
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Amphiarius rugispinis
(Valenciennes, 1840)
(fig. 8)
Arius rugispinis
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 77.
Type locality: Cayenne,
French Guiana
.
Syntypes
:
MNHN
A-9403.
Tachysurus
atroplumbeus
Fowler, 1931: 394, fig. 2.
Type locality: Vessigny Beach, Brighton,
Trinidad Island
, West Indies.
Holotype
:
ANSP
53316.
Distribution: North and Eastern South America.
Countries: Trinidad Island, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil.
Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.
Maximum size: 450 mm TL.
Material examined:
FMNH
52852 (4 al, 292-410 mm TL),
Guyana
, Georgetown market
;
MZUSP
87695 (1 c&s),
Brazil
,
Maranhao
, ilha de
Sao
Luis
, estreito de Coqueiro
;
MZUSP
25170 (1 al),
Brazil
,
Para
, Vigia
.