Biology:Cathorops mapale
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Short description: Species of fish
| Cathorops mapale | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Cathorops |
| Species: | C. mapale
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| Cathorops mapale Betancur-R. & Acero, 2005 [1]
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The Mapale sea catfish (Cathorops mapale), is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It is a tropical fish which is known from Colombia to west Venezuela, where it typically inhabits freshwaters, brackish, in coastal lagoons and near-shore marine waters.[1] It reaches a maximum standard length of 30.6 cm (12.0 in).[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Betancur-R., Ricardo & Arturo Acero P. (2005) "Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence"; Zootaxa 1045: 45-60.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cathorops mapale" in FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ↑ Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales (2015) "Especie: Cathorops mapale, Chivo mapalé"; Peces Costeros del Gran Caribe, Sistema de Información en línea: Reporte de Datos de Especie. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q1914717 entry
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