Ariidae

Ariidae Temporal range: Campanian–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bagre marinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Superfamily:	Arioidea
Family:	Ariidae L. S. Berg, 1958
Subfamilies
Ariinae Amissidens Amphiarius Ariopsis Arius Aspistor Batrachocephalus Brustiarius Carlarius Cathorops Cephalocassis Chinchaysuyoa Cinetodus Cochlefelis Cryptarius Genidens Hemiarius Hexanematichthys Ketengus Nedystoma Nemapteryx Neoarius Netuma Notarius Occidentarius Osteogeneiosus Paragenidens Plicofollis Potamarius Potamosilurus Qarmoutus Sciades Bagreinae Bagre Galeichthyinae Galeichthys

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.

Fossilized pectoral spines and skull bone fragments of ariid catfish are known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of Argentina, which are among the oldest known remains of siluroid catfish.^[1]