Ariidae

Giant sea catfish

Carlarius gigas

Catfish from the Niger Basin

• Tropical
• Lower river
• Regional distribution
• Africa
• Elongated
• Large
• Tropical fish

The giant sea catfish (Arius gigas), also called the ewe or the marine catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1911, originally under the genus Tachysurus. It is known from brackish and freshwater in the Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Benin, Mali, Ghana and Nigeria.