Ariopsis (fish)

Ariopsis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The genus has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.^[1]

Ariopsis
Ariopsis felis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Ariopsis T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Silurus felis Linnaeus, 1766

Species

There are currently four described species in this genus:^[2]

• Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864) (Mayan sea catfish)
• Ariopsis canteri
• Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Hardhead sea catfish)
• Ariopsis gilberti
• Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) (Blue sea catfish)
• Ariopsis jimenezi
• Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864) (Tete sea catfish)
• Ariopsis simonsi

The extinct species †Ariopsis stauroforus (Lynn & Melland, 1939) is known from the Miocene-aged Calvert Formation of Maryland, US.^[3][4]