Notarius (fish)

Genus of fishes

Notarius

Notarius grandicassis
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Ariidae
Subfamily:  | Ariinae
Genus:  | Notarius
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Arius grandicassis

Valenciennes, 1840

Notarius is a genus of fish in the family Ariidae found in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

## Species

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There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]

* Notarius armbrusteri Betancur-R. & Acero P, 2006
* Notarius biffi Betancur-R. & Acero P, 2004
* Notarius bonillai (Miles, 1945) (New Granada sea catfish)
* Notarius cookei (Acero P & Betancur-R., 2002)
* Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Thomas sea catfish) [2]
* Notarius insculptus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883)
* Notarius kessleri (Steindachner, 1876) (Sculptured sea catfish)
* Notarius lentiginosus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888) (Freckled sea catfish)
* Notarius neogranatensis (Acero P & Betancur-R., 2002) (Caribbean sculptured sea catfish)
* Notarius osculus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Chomba sea catfish)
* Notarius planiceps (Steindachner, 1876) (Flat-head sea catfish)
* Notarius troschelii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Chili sea catfish)

## References

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1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Notarius". FishBase. March 2024 version.
2. ^ Marceniuk, A.P., Siccha-Ramirez, R., Barthem, R.B. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2017): Redescription of Notarius grandicassis and Notarius parmocassis (Siluriformes; Ariidae), with insights into morphological plasticity and evidence of incipient speciation. Systematics and Biodiversity, 15 (3): 274-289.

Taxon identifiers

Notarius|

* Wikidata: Q2265949
* Wikispecies: Notarius
* BOLD: 64233
* CoL: 64Z5
* GBIF: 2344833
* iNaturalist: 90339
* IRMNG: 1294171
* NCBI: 286639
* Open Tree of Life: 472983
* Plazi: 5F4EC0F9-367D-4526-E573-56BE48A9A5D2
* WoRMS: 270039
* ZooBank: 086E7B0F-D030-44BD-9DCC-8CAEB178CBAA