Betancurichthys

Betancurichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Betancurichthys Marceniuk, Oliveira & Ferraris, 2023
Type species
Arius madagascariensis Vaillant, 1894

Betancurichthys is a genus of freshwater sea catfishes found on the island of Madagascar. There are currently three described species.

Species

• Betancurichthys festinus (Ng & Sparks, 2003)
• Betancurichthys madagascariensis (Vaillant, 1894) (Madagascar sea catfish)
• Betancurichthys uncinatus (Ng & Sparks, 2003)

References

• Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Betancurichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 August 2025.
• Marceniuk, A. P.; C. Oliveira; C. J. Ferraris, Jr. (2023). "A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 200 (2): 426–476. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078.