Biology:Estuarine sea catfish

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Estuarine sea catfish
Cathorops aguadulce SI.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species:
C. aguadulce
Binomial name
Cathorops aguadulce
(Meek, 1904)
Cathorops aguadulce range.png
Synonyms[1]
  • Galeichthys aguadulce Meek, 1904
  • Arius aguadulce (Meek, 1904)

The estuarine sea catfish (Cathorops aguadulce), also known as the Aguadulce sea catfish,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Seth Eugene Meek in 1904, originally under the genus Galeichthys.[4] It is a tropical fish which is known from Mexico to Guatemala, where it typically inhabits freshwater rivers, lagoons, and drainages, also sometimes dwelling in marine waters. It reaches a maximum standard length of 22.7 cm (8.9 in).[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Cathorops aguadulce" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
  4. Meek, S. E. 1904 (23 Sept.) [ref. 2958] The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series v. 5: i-lxiii + 1-252, Pls. 1-17.

Wikidata ☰ Q1917404 entry