Biology:Freckled sea catfish

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of fish

Freckled sea catfish
FMIB 50675 Galeichthys xenauchen Gilbert Type specimen; Panams.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Notarius
Species:
N. lentiginosus
Binomial name
Notarius lentiginosus
(Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius lentiginosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
  • Galeichthys lentiginosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
  • Galeichthys xenauchen Gilbert, 1898
  • Tachisurus lentiginosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888

The freckled sea catfish[2] (Notarius lentiginosus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Carl H. Eigenmann and Rosa Smith Eigenmann, in 1888, originally under the genus Tachisurus.[1] It inhabits marine waters in Panama. It reaches a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in).[3]

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2418419 entry