Ariopsis (fish)
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.
Species
There are currently eight described extant species in this genus:Ariopsis assimilis Ariopsis canteri Acero P., Betancur-R & Marceniuk, 2017Ariopsis felis Ariopsis gilberti Ariopsis guatemalensis Ariopsis jimenezi Marceniuk, Acero P., Cooke & Betancur-R, 2017Ariopsis seemanni Ariopsis simonsiThe extinct species †Ariopsis stauroforus is known from the Miocene-aged Calvert Formation of Maryland, US.