Biology:Sciades parkeri
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Sciades |
| Species: | S. parkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sciades parkeri (Traill, 1832)
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Sciades parkeri, the gillbacker sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish found in coastal rivers in Brazil , French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. While usually no more than 90 cm in length, it can reach lengths of up to 190 cm and weigh up to 50 kg.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Traill's friend Charles Stewart Parker (1800-1868), a British merchant who supplied the author with a drawing of the catfish and its skin.[1]
References
- ↑ "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDA". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes9/.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Sciades parkeri" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q680440 entry
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