Bagre marinus

Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., Zootaxa 1416, pp. 1-126 : 26-29

Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815)

Silurus marinus Mitchill, 1815: 433. Type locality: New York , U.S.A. No types known.

Galeichthys parrae Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 33. Type locality: New York, New Orleans and Charlestown , U.S.A. ; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 1565 , New Orleans ; MNHN A-8988 , New York ; MNHN A-9367 (dry), New York ; MNHN B-0056 , New York ; MNHN B-0074 , Brazil .

Galeichthys blochii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 44. Type locality: Surinam and Bahia , Brazil. No types known.

Galeichthys bahiensis Castelnau, 1855: 37, pl. 18 (fig. 1). Type locality: Bahia , Brazil. Holotype: MNHN B-692 .

Aelurichthys longispinis Günther, 1864: 178. Type Locality: South America and Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1976.2.18.1 ; BMNH 1976.2.18.2 .

Distribution: Eastern America.

Countries: United States, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guyana and Brazil.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 380 mm TL.

Material examined: AMNH 52052 (8 al, 139-163 mm TL), USA, Alabama, Mobile Dauphin Island and Vicinity ; MZUSP 22201 (2 al) (1 c&s), without collecting data ; MZUSP 24489 (1 al), Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba, Ponta Grossa .