Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Author Alexandre P. Marceniuk Author Naércio A. Menezes text Zootaxa 2007 1416 1 126 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFC65592-D8DB-41BE-AEAC-A41EAB6C6185 journal article z01416p001 Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840) Arius phrygiatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 79. Type locality: Surinam . Holotype : RMNH 3308. Distribution: North and eastern South America. Countries: Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil. Habitat: brackish and fresh waters. Maximum size: 300 mm TL. Material examined: USNM 233474 (4 al, 219-338 mm TL) (1 c&s), Venezuela , terr. fed. delta Amacuro , Orinoco River, deep river channel, brazo imataca near Curiapo, 60 naut. mi. upstream from sea buoy.