Ariidae

Cathorops agassizii

Cathorops agassizii

Catfish Reaching Twenty Two Point Five Centimeters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Cathorops agassizii is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Carl H. and Rosa Smith Eigenmann in 1888, originally under the genus Tachisurus. It is a tropical freshwater fish which is known from Guyana and Brazil.