| Accepted scientific name: |
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Arius gigas Boulenger, 1911 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Arius latiscutatus (non Günther, 1864) (misapplied name) |
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| Tachysurus gigas (Boulenger, 1911) (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Ewe |
- |
English |
USA |
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| Giant sea catfish |
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English |
- |
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| Marine catfish |
- |
English |
Malaysia |
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| Mâchoiron géant |
- |
French |
- |
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| Zangai |
- |
Hausa |
Nigeria |
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| Gbolo |
- |
Ijo |
Nigeria |
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| Duri |
- |
Malay (individual language) |
Malaysia |
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| Pulutan |
- |
Malay (individual language) |
Malaysia |
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| Utek |
- |
Malay (individual language) |
Malaysia |
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| 巨海鯰 |
Ju hai nian |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 巨海鲶 |
Ju hai nian |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Edu |
- |
Nupe |
Nigeria |
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| Bagre-gigante |
- |
Portuguese |
Portugal |
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| Bagre gigante |
- |
Spanish |
- |
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| Kugbe |
- |
Yoruba |
Nigeria |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Siluriformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2abab9d-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Ariidae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2abfa94-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Arius
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f39e10-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Africa: in Volta and Niger rivers. |
| Lifezones: |
Brackish,freshwater |
| Additional data: |
-
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Group expert : Ferraris, Jr., C., 19-May-2014 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4945
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc2c0bd7-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401 |
