Lacandon sea catfish
The Lacandon sea catfish[2] (Potamarius nelsoni) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Barton Warren Evermann and Edmund Lee Goldsborough in 1902, originally under the genus Conorhynchos.[1] It is known from the Usumacinta River, in Mexico. It reaches a maximum standard length of 39 cm (15 in).[3]
| Lacandon sea catfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Potamarius |
| Species: | P. nelsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamarius nelsoni (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Synonyms of Potamarius nelsoni at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names of Potamarius nelsoni at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Potamarius nelsoni" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
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