Estuarine sea catfish

Estuarine sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

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]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cathorops aguadulce". 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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