Hard-palate catfish

Hard-palate catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Brustiarius
Species: B. solidus
Binomial name
Brustiarius solidus
(Herre, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius solidus Herre, 1935
  • Arius kanganamanensis Herre, 1935
  • Hemipimelodus bernhardi Nichols, 1940
  • Arius microstomus Nichols, 1940

The Hard-palate catfish (Brustiarius solidus), also known as the Hard-plate catfish,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1935, originally under the genus Arius.[4] It is a tropical freshwater fish which is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 60 cm (24 in), with both sexes more commonly reaching an SL of 35 cm (14 in). It reaches a maximum weight of 1.8 kg (4.0 lb).[3]

The hard-palate catfish feeds on shrimp in the genus Macrobrachium, algae in the genus Salvinia, insects and nymphs, Ophieleotris aporos, leeches, earthworms, and detritus.[5] Adults spawn year-round, laying eggs in quantities ranging from 8-85, which are incubated orally.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Brustiarius solidus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Brustiarius solidus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Brustiarius solidus" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
  4. ↑ Herre, A. W. C. T. 1935 (15 Feb.) [ref. 2109] New fishes obtained by the Crane Pacific expedition. Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12): 383-438.
  5. ↑ Food items reported for Brustiarius solidus at www.fishbase.org.
  6. ↑ Reproduction of Brustiarius solidus at www.fishbase.org.
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