Arius hewardbelli White 1926 (Ariid catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae

Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87

Belongs to Arius according to E. I. White 1926

Sister taxa: Arius africanus, Arius amekiensis, Arius angulatus, Arius crassus, Arius danicus, Arius germanicus, Arius kitsoni, Arius russi, Arius rutschi, Arius subtilis, Arius tenuis, Arius vangionis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ameki, SE of, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Nigeria (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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