Estuarine sea catfish
Appearance
Estuarine sea catfish | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Cathorops |
Species: | C. aguadulce
|
Binomial name | |
Cathorops aguadulce (Meek, 1904)
| |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
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
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathorops aguadulce.
- ^ Synonyms of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cathorops aguadulce". FishBase. September 2016 version.
- ^ 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.