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Kukwari sea catfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Amphiarius
Species:	A. phrygiatus
Binomial name
Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms
Arius dieperinki Bleeker, 1862 Arius phrygiatus Valenciennes, 1840 Cathorops phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840) Notarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Amphiarius phrygiatus, the Kukwari sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish which occurs in brackish estuaries with very low salinities, nearly entering freshwater, and is found on shallow muddy bottoms, ranging through Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil. It grows to about 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. As with other Arriid catfishes this species is a mouthbrooder. The female A. phrygiatus lays her eggs in a gelatinous mass on a sandy depression for the male to collect to mouthbrood. This species is caught for human consumption.

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amphiarius phrygiatus". FishBase. December 2011 version.

1. Marceniuk, A.P.; Betancur, R.; Giarrizzo, T.; Fredou, F.L. & Knudsen, S. (2015). "Amphiarius phrygiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T197078A2478828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T197078A2478828.en. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1416.1.1.

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