estuarine sea catfish

Cathorops aguadulce

Fish in Mexican Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Elongated
Medium
Tropical fish

estuarine sea catfish is a freshwater fish found around Central America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 22.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Maximum length: 22.7 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Central America: Atlantic draining rivers from Panuco River basin in Mexico to Izabal Lake in Guatemala (Ref. 58032 ). Materials examined from río Usumacinta and lago Izabal basins, formerly treated as Cathorops aguadulce (e.g. Castro-Aguirre et al., 1999; Miller et al., 2005; Betancur-R. and Willink, 2007), are treated as Cathorops kailolae (Ref. 75004 ). Examination of more materials is needed to determine whether the population reported from other localities reported by Miller et al., 2005 from other localities (i.e. río Panuco, río Tecolutla, río Coatzacoalcos, and Gulf of Mexico) should be separated (Ref. 75004 ).

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