Ariidae

The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.

Ariidae

Gdr · Public Domain · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
Ariid catfishPBDB
Sits inside
SiluroideiPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Siluriformes
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB, for Siluriformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Siluriformes
Environment
marine,brackish,freshwaterPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 65 million years on record.

The record covers at least 66 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 72.2 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Late Cretaceous — about 3 of 153 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 10 of 153 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 59 of 153 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 4 of 153 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 59 of 153 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 10 of 153 occurrencesPleistocene — about 8 of 153 occurrences74–71 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences71–69 Mya — about 1 occurrence69–66 Mya — about 1 occurrence66–64 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences64–61 Mya — about 1 occurrence61–59 Mya — about 7 occurrences59–56 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 1 occurrence54–52 Mya — about 1 occurrence52–49 Mya — about 1 occurrence49–47 Mya — about 6 occurrences47–44 Mya — about 10 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 10 occurrences42–39 Mya — about 14 occurrences39–37 Mya — about 11 occurrences37–34 Mya — about 4 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 2 occurrences32–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–27 Mya — about 1 occurrence27–25 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–17 Mya — about 4 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 4 occurrences15–12 Mya — about 5 occurrences12–9.8 Mya — about 13 occurrences9.8–7.4 Mya — about 17 occurrences7.4–4.9 Mya — about 15 occurrences4.9–2.5 Mya — about 8 occurrences2.5–0 Mya — about 8 occurrences66 Mya129 ka74 Mya0 Mya

153 occurrences of Ariidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

153 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

66 formations

Ameki — 5.00°N, 7.50°EAmeki — 5.56°N, 7.52°ESeria — 4.82°N, 114.72°ESeria — 4.67°N, 114.64°EUrumaco — 11.25°N, 70.28°WUrumaco — 11.22°N, 70.24°WBarton Clay — 50.74°N, 1.69°WMiri — 4.87°N, 114.82°EMiri — 4.87°N, 114.86°EMiri — 4.82°N, 114.76°EGatun — 9.35°N, 79.80°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.81°WHarudi — 23.51°N, 68.69°EHarudi — 23.65°N, 68.68°EHarudi — 23.65°N, 68.66°EPisco — 15.58°S, 74.72°WPisco — 15.44°S, 74.87°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.80°WCantaure — 11.97°N, 70.02°WCantaure — 11.82°N, 69.98°WScotland — 13.23°N, 59.55°WVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°ETallahatta — 31.38°N, 86.67°WTallahatta — 31.79°N, 88.32°WTallahatta — 31.37°N, 86.52°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WElmore — 50.80°N, 1.21°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WPirabas — 0.63°S, 47.54°WParana — 31.71°S, 60.55°WParana — 32.08°S, 60.49°WTashlik — 49.06°N, 31.90°EPorters Creek — 32.02°N, 87.42°WLellinge Greensand — 55.63°N, 12.62°ELellinge Greensand — 55.71°N, 12.60°EStone City — 30.67°N, 96.56°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 88.50°WCastillo — 10.37°N, 70.05°WBermont — 27.70°N, 82.50°WLaredo — 27.53°N, 99.43°W

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The named rock units Ariidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 42 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 21 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Ariidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Ariidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,058 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 113 sites for Ariidae, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

74 references

Each of the 153 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 62 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Ariidae

Credit
Gdr
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Ariidae indet. · dpc:26847

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Berg 1958