Biology:Lacandon sea catfish

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Lacandon sea catfish
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Potamarius
Species:
P. nelsoni
Binomial name
Potamarius nelsoni
(Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius nelsoni (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902)
  • Conorhynchos nelsoni Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902

The Lacandon sea catfish[2] (Potamarius nelsoni) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Barton Warren Evermann and Edmund Lee Goldsborough in 1902, originally under the genus Conorhynchos.[1] It is known from the Usumacinta River, in Mexico. It reaches a maximum standard length of 39 cm (15 in).[3]

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3766686 entry