Species FAO code: AZS

Aspistor quadriscutis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr mâchoiron bressou fr petite gueule	–
Sweden	sv Bressoumal [Arius quadriscutis synonym for Aspistor quadriscutis]	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Trawls

Trawls

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840)

Habitat

Saltwater
Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840)

Scientific name

Aspistor quadriscutis

Author

(Valenciennes, 1840)

Rank

Species

FAO code

AZS

Morphological description

Three pair of barbels on rostral region, two pairs on lower jaw, one pair on posterior end of maxilla; end of maxilla barbel reaching pectoral fin insertion; large saddle-shaped bony plate with rugosa surface in front of dorsal fin, anterior margin of this plate waved but no deep medial incision; body yellow or gray-yellow dorsally, white ventrally (Ref. 13608).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderSiluriformes
  - FamilyAriidae
    - GenusAspistor
      - SpeciesAspistor quadriscutis

Synonyms

Notarius quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Arius quadriscutis Valenciennes, 1840

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Aspistor quadriscutis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 3 - America, South - Inland waters

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest