Estuarine sea catfish

Estuarine sea catfish
Scientific 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

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Cathorops aguadulce" in 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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