Aspistor

Aspistor is a genus of sea catfishes found along the northeastern coast of South America, where they occur in marine, brackish, and fresh waters.

Aspistor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Aspistor
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Type species
Arius luniscutis

Species

Three recognized species are in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Aspistor in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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