The Guinean sea catfish (Carlarius parkii), also known as the marine catfish,Common names of Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org. is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Albert Günther in 1864, originally under the genus Arius.Günther, A. 1864 (10 Dec.) [ref. 1974] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455 It is a tropical fish which is found in the eastern Atlantic off Mauritania, Angola, Morocco and Western Sahara. A single record was reported in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in 1986.Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Carlarius parkii). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Carlarius_parkii.pdf It inhabits coastal marine waters at a depth range of , also frequently entering estuaries and freshwater rivers. It reaches a maximum total length of , more commonly reaching a TL of .
The Guinean sea catfish feeds on bony fish and shrimp.Food items reported for Carlarius parkii at www.fishbase.org. It is of commercial interest to fisheries, although a venom in the serrated spines of its dorsal and pectoral regions can cause painful injuries.
Male Guinean sea catfish orally incubate eggs.
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