Cathorops mapale

Cathorops mapale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Cathorops
Species:	C. mapale
Binomial name
	Cathorops mapale; Betancur-R. & Acero, 2005 [1]

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 2 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.
1 2 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.

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[description-1] 1 2 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.

[fishbase-2] 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cathorops mapale" in FishBase. March 2017 version.

[STRI-3] 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.