Ariopsis (fish)
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name =
| image = Gfp-hardhead-catfish.jpg
| image_caption = Ariopsis felis
| taxon = Ariopsis
| authority = T. N. Gill, 1861
| type_species = Silurus felis
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1766
}}
Ariopsis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The genus has been merged with Sciades by some authorities.{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158708 | title = Ariopsis Gill, 1861 | accessdate = 28 July 2017 | publisher = World Register of Marine Species}}
Species
There are currently four described species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Ariopsis| month = December | year = 2011}}
- Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864) (Mayan sea catfish)
- Ariopsis canteri
- Ariopsis felis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Hardhead sea catfish)
- Ariopsis gilberti
- Ariopsis guatemalensis (Günther, 1864) (Blue sea catfish)
- Ariopsis jimenezi
- Ariopsis seemanni (Günther, 1864) (Tete sea catfish)
- Ariopsis simonsi
The extinct species †Ariopsis stauroforus (Lynn & Melland, 1939) is known from the Miocene-aged Calvert Formation of Maryland, US.{{Cite journal |last=Lundberg |first=J. G. |date=1975 |title=The Fossil Catfishes of North America. Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume II |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/48611 |journal=Papers on Paleontology |language=en-US |publisher=Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan |volume=II |issue=11 |pages=1-51}}{{Cite journal |last=Carnevale |first=Giorgio |last2=Godfrey |first2=Stephen James |date=2018 |title=Miocene bony fishes from the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327907444_Miocene_bony_fishes_from_the_Calvert_Choptank_St_Marys_and_Eastover_Formations_Chesapeake_Group_Maryland_and_Virginia |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |issue=100}}