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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ariidae
Subfamily:
Ariinae
Genus:
Ariopsis
Species:
seemanni
Common:
Tete sea catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Southeast
North America - Inland Waters
South America - Inland Waters
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J., Rice, A. N., Lobel, P. S. 2010. Differences in Pectoral Fin Spine Morphology between Vocal and Silent Clades of Catfishes (Order Siluriformes): Ecomorphological Implications. Current Zoology, 56(1): 73-89.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Schmidtke, D., Schulz, J., Hartung, J., Esser, K.-H. 2013. Structure and Possible Functions of Constant-Frequency Calls in Ariopsis seemanni (Osteichthyes, Ariidae). PLoS ONE, 8(5).
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J. 2012. Bioacoustic Variation of Swimbladder Disturbance Sounds in Neotropical Doradoid Catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae, Auchenipteridae): Potential Morphological Correlates. Current Zoology, 58(1): 171-188.
Rosner, E., Chagnaud, B. P., Wullimann, M. F. 2020. Serotonin Systems in Three Socially Communicating Teleost Species, the Grunting Toadfish (Allenbatrachus grunniens), a South American Marine Catfish (Ariopsis seemanni), and the Upside-Down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris). Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 104(101708).
Heyd, A., Pfeiffer, W. 2000. Über die Lauterzeugung der Welse (Siluroidei, Ostariophysi, Teleostei) und ihren Zusammenhang mit der Phylogenie und der Schreckreaktion [Sound Production in Catfish (Siluroidei, Ostariophysi, Teleostei) and Its Relationship to Phylogeny and Fright Reaction]. Revue Suisse De Zoologie, 107(1): 165-211.