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''Amphiarius phrygiatus'', the Kukwari sea catfish, is a species of
sea catfish 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. Fossil ...
which occurs in brackish estuaries with very low salinities, nearly entering freshwater, and is found on shallow muddy bottoms, ranging through
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. It grows to about TL. As with other Arriid catfishes this species is a mouthbrooder. The female ''A. phrygiatus'' lays her eggs in a gelatinous mass on a sandy depression for the male to collect to mouthbrood. This species is caught for human consumption.


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* Ariidae Catfish of Brazil Marine fish of Brazil Fish of French Guiana Fish of Guyana Fish of Suriname Fish of Venezuela Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes Fish described in 1840 {{Ariidae-stub