Steindachner's sea catfish

Steindachner's sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species: C. steindachneri
Binomial name
Cathorops steindachneri
(Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tachysurus steindachneri Gilbert & Starks, 1904
  • Arius steindachneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
  • Cathorops steindechneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)

The Steindachner's sea catfish (Cathorops steindachneri) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1904. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater-dwelling catfish which occurs between Costa Rica and Peru. It dwells at a maximum depth of 20 m (66 ft).[3] It reaches a maximum total length of 36 cm (14 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 20 cm (7.9 in).[2]

Due to insufficient statistical information on the species, the IUCN redlist lists the Steindachner's sea catfish as Data Deficient. It notes that pollution and coastal development pose a threat for the species.[3] It is marketed commercially, although its small size makes it an uncommon food fish.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Cathorops steindachneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cathorops steindachneri" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. 1 2 Cathorops steindachneri at the IUCN redlist.


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