#2339 · 🐟 fish
Hardhead Catfish
Ariopsis felis
📍 Anclote River, Tarpon Springs, FL, US
📍 Madeira Beach, FL, USA
📍 Skyway Bridge Trail, Saint Petersburg, FL, US
📍 Belleair, FL 33756, USA
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Austin D West · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mikie Green · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Jerry Kosanovich · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © John Milcetich · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © enterfishman2023 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Vince Golder · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Anclote River, Tarpon Springs, FL, US:© breanddave · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Madeira Beach, FL, USA:© Squidpastry · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Skyway Bridge Trail, Saint Petersburg, FL, US:© Concavenator07 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Belleair, FL 33756, USA:© Squidpastry · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The hardhead catfish ( Ariopsis felis ) is a species of sea catfish from the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and similar to the gafftopsail catfish ( Bagre marinus ). It is one of four species in the genus Ariopsis . The common name, hardhead catfish, is derived from the presence of a hard, bony plate extending rearward toward the dorsal fin from a line between the catfish's eyes. It is an elongate marine catfish that reaches up to 28 in...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,387 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Hardhead Catfish
- scientific name
- Ariopsis felis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Siluriformes
- family
- Ariidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,387
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 94635, Wikidata Q513555, GBIF 5202927, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.