Dark sea catfish

Dark sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species: C. melanopus
Binomial name
Cathorops melanopus
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius melanopus Günther, 1864
  • Tachisurus melanopus (Günther, 1864)

The Dark sea catfish (Cathorops melanopus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It was described by Albert Günther in 1864. It is a tropical, freshwater catfish which occurs in Guatemala. It reaches a total length of 23 cm (9.1 in).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Cathorops melanopus (Günther, 1864) at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Cathorops melanopus" in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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