Biology:Sculptured sea catfish

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Sculptured sea catfish
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Notarius
Species:
N. kessleri
Binomial name
Notarius kessleri
(Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms[2]
  • Arius elatturus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
  • Steindachner, 1876 (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • (Steindachner, 1876) Netuma hassleriana
  • Galeichthys kessleri Borodin, 1934
  • Ariopsis kessleri (Steindachner, 1876)
  • Greene, 1897 Tachisurus elatturus
  • Hexanematichthys kessleri (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Arius kessleri (Steindachner, 1876)
  • (Steindachner, 1876) Netuma elattura
  • Galeichthys elatturus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Netuma insularum Netuma kessleri

The sculptured sea catfish[3] (Notarius kessleri) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[4] It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally under the genus Arius.[2] It inhabits brackish and marine waters in Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama. It reaches a maximum total length of 45 cm (18 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 40 cm (16 in).[4]

The sculptured sea catfish is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN Redlist.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cooke, R.; Acero, A.; Betancur, R. (2010). "Notarius kessleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183661A8153926.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/183661/8153926. Retrieved 19 August 2025. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Synonyms of Notarius kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Common names of Notarius kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Notarius kessleri " in FishBase. July 2019 version.

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