Biology:Chomba sea catfish

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Chomba sea catfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Notarius
Species:
N. osculus
Binomial name
Notarius osculus
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tachisurus osculus Arius osculus
  • Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) Netuma oscula
  • Galeichthys osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Hexanematichthys osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)

The Chomba sea catfish[2] (Notarius osculus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1883, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits coastal marine and brackish waters in Costa Rica and Panama. It reaches a maximum standard length of 28 cm (11 in).[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Notarius osculus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Notarius osculus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Notarius osculus" in FishBase. July 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2127007 entry