ADW: Arius: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Siluriformes
        
        Family Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
        
        Genus Arius
        
        Species Arius acutirostris
        
        Species Arius africanus (African sea catfish)
        
        Species Arius arenarius (Sand catfish)
        
        Species Arius arius (Hamilton's catfish)
        
        Species Arius brunellii
        
        Species Arius cous
        
        Species Arius dispar (Fleshysnout catfish)
        
        Species Arius festinus
        
        Species Arius gagora (Gagora catfish)
        
        Species Arius gagorides
        
        Species Arius gigas (Ewe)
        
        Species Arius heudelotii (Marine catfish)
        
        Species Arius intermedius
        
        Species Arius jella (Blackfin sea catfish)
        
        Species Arius latiscutatus (Marine catfsish)
        
        Species Arius leptonotacanthus
        
        Species Arius macracanthus
        
        Species Arius macrorhynchus (Sharp-nosed catfish)
        
        Species Arius maculatus (Giant cat-fish)
        
        Species Arius madagascariensis (Madagascar sea catfish)
        
        Species Arius malabaricus
        
        Species Arius manillensis (Sea catfish)
        
        Species Arius microcephalus (Squirrelheaded catfish)
        
        Species Arius nudidens
        
        Species Arius oetik
        
        Species Arius parkii (Guinean sea catfish)
        
        Species Arius satparanus
        
        Species Arius subrostratus (Marine catfish)
        
        Species Arius sumatranus (Goat catfish)
        
        Species Arius uncinatus
        
        Species Arius venosus (Marine catfish)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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