Estuarine sea catfish

The estuarine sea catfish (Cathorops aguadulce), also known as the Aguadulce sea catfish,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Seth Eugene Meek in 1904, originally under the genus Galeichthys.[4] It is a tropical fish which is known from Mexico to Guatemala, where it typically inhabits freshwater rivers, lagoons, and drainages, also sometimes dwelling in marine waters. It reaches a maximum standard length of 22.7 cm (8.9 in).[3]

Estuarine sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species:
C. aguadulce
Binomial name
Cathorops aguadulce
(Meek, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Galeichthys aguadulce Meek, 1904
  • Arius aguadulce (Meek, 1904)

References

  1. Synonyms of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Cathorops aguadulce" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
  4. Meek, S. E. 1904 (23 Sept.) [ref. 2958] The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series v. 5: i-lxiii + 1-252, Pls. 1-17.


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