Sciades

Sciades is a genus of sea catfishes mostly found along the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea coasts of Central and South America. One species, S. dowii, occurs on the Pacific side from Panama to Ecuador. The genus Ariopsis has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.^[1]

Sciades
Sciades herzbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Sciades J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849
Type species
Sciades emphysetus Müller & Troschel, 1849

Currently, six described species are in this genus:^[2]

• Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840) (Couma sea-catfish)
• Sciades dowii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (brown sea-catfish)
• Sciades herzbergii (Bloch, 1794) (Pemecou sea catfish)
• Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832) (gillbacker sea catfish)
• Sciades passany (Valenciennes, 1840) (Passany sea catfish)
• Sciades proops (Valenciennes, 1840) (crucifix sea catfish)