Sciades felis

Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., Zootaxa 1416, pp. 1-126 : 107

Sciades felis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766: 503. Type locality: Charleston Harbor , South Carolina. U.S.A. Neotype: BMNH 1985.11.11.1 .

Arius milberti Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 74. Type locality: New York; Charleston , South Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: MNHN B-0593 , New York.

Arius equestris Baird & Girard, 1854: 26. Type locality: Indianola , Texas, U.S.A.. Holotype: USNM 636 .

Galeichthys guentheri Regan, 1907: 124, pl. 16 (fig. 1), 19 (fig. 3). Type locality: Gulf of Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.1105-1106 .

Distribution: Southeastern North America.

Countries: United States and Mexico.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters, rarely in fresh waters.

Maximum size: 700 mm TL.

Material examined: AMNH 52073 (7 al, 240-288 mm TL) (1 c&s), U.S.A., Alabama, Mobile, Dauphin Island and Vicinity ; AMNH 85099 (6 al, 82-91 mm TL), U.S.A., Alabama, gulf of Mexico, Theodore Ship Channel ; FMNH 37916 (4 al, 184-206 mm TL), USA, South Carolina, Charleston Harbor .