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Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Eponymy: Dr Richard George Cooke (d: 1946) is a British archaeologist who is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Central and South America: Pacific costal rivers and estuaries from Costa Rica and Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58022)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Marceniuk, A.P. and N.A. Menezes, 2007. Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa 1416:1-126. (Ref. 58022)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
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