Ariidae

Smoothmouth sea catfish

Carlarius heudelotii

Venomous spines flank a mouthful of eggs

• Tropical
• Coastal
• Estuary
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Smoothmouth sea catfish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a freshwater fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.