Papillate sea catfish

The papillate sea catfish (Cathorops kailolae), also known as the Kailola's sea catfish,[1] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It was described by Alexandre Pires Marceniuk and Ricardo Betancur-Rodríguez in 2008. It is a tropical fresh and saltwater catfish which occurs in Central America. It reaches a standard length of 25.4 cm (10.0 in).[2]

Papillate sea catfish
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C. kailolae
Binomial name
Cathorops kailolae
Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008

The species epithet "kailolae" refers to ichthyologist Patricia J. Kailola, and is cited as being given in honour of her contributions to the systematics for the family Ariidae.[2]

References

  1. Common names of Cathorops kailolae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cathorops kailolae" in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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