FB-5998 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Ariidae Galeichthys Galeichthys ater Castelnau, 1861 Swart seebaber Black seacatfish Must haiuimsäga 黑雅首海鯰 黑雅首海鲶 Galeichthys feliceps (non Valenciennes, 1840) 1992-07-07 2013-11-29 Taylor, W.R.0 Ariidae. p. 153-159. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISBN, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3876) Taylor, W.R.0 Ariidae. p. 211-213. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3976) van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.)0 Marine linefish: priority species and research objectives in southern Africa. Oceanogr. Res. Inst., Spec. Publ. No.1. 132 p. (Ref. 4332) Hecht, T. and R.L. Tilney0 The Port Alfred fishery: a description and preliminary evaluation of a commercial linefishery on the South African east coast. S. Afr. J. Mar. 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(Ref. 85159) eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-07-07 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 Carnivorous on benthic invertebrates, primarily annelids (Ref. 4332). Kulongowski, C. 2010 Revision of the ariid catfish genus <i>Galeichthys</i> Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for <i>G. ater</i> Castelnau. Smithiania Bull. (12):9-23. (Ref. 85159) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-11-15 00:00:00 2010-09-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size This species is distinguished with the following characters: short head, nearly as broad as long; blunt snout, well-rounded in lateral profile and dorsally; palatal tooth patches posterior to premaxillary tooth band meet at midline; rounded caudal-fin lobes, of near equal length, fin not deeply forked; short and thick caudal peduncle; underside of body (both head and belly) covered with fine brown specks; anterior gill-rakers on first arch 10-13 (5 + 5); pectoral fin rays 9-12; fatty growth along pectoral fin spines of breeding females not present outside spawning season. Dimorphism present with posterior (humeral) process of cleithrum obvious externally, fan-shaped in females, triangular in males; smooth and shallow dorsomedian cranial depression on exposed skull not reaching supraoccipital process (Ref. 85159). Kulongowski, C. 2010 Revision of the ariid catfish genus <i>Galeichthys</i> Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for <i>G. ater</i> Castelnau. Smithiania Bull. (12):9-23. (Ref. 85159) FB-Morphology-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-11-15 00:00:00 2010-09-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 19 - 22 Kulongowski, C. 2010 Revision of the ariid catfish genus <i>Galeichthys</i> Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for <i>G. ater</i> Castelnau. Smithiania Bull. (12):9-23. (Ref. 85159) FB-Distribution-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-07-07 00:00:00 2010-09-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Southeast Atlantic: South Africa and Namibia. Kulongowski, C. 2010 Revision of the ariid catfish genus <i>Galeichthys</i> Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for <i>G. ater</i> Castelnau. Smithiania Bull. (12):9-23. (Ref. 85159) FB-Uses-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-07-07 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family FB-LifeCycle-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-07-07 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=5998&StockCode=6311 A paternal mouth brooder. van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.) 1991 Marine linefish: priority species and research objectives in southern Africa. Oceanogr. Res. Inst., Spec. Publ. No.1. 132 p. (Ref. 4332) FB-TrophicStrategy-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-04-05 00:00:00 2014-09-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public ater http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Observed in the intertidal zone (Ref.49162). van der Elst, R.P. and F. Adkin (eds.) 1991 Marine linefish: priority species and research objectives in southern Africa. Oceanogr. Res. Inst., Spec. Publ. No.1. 132 p. (Ref. 4332) FB-Size-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-07-07 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 45.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3976)) Taylor, W.R. 1986 Ariidae. p. 211-213. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3976) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5998 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-07-07 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5998 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine