Cathorops arenatus, the yellow sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish. It is found in the western Atlantic from the Gulf of Paria in Venezuela to Maranhão in Brazil. Maximum recorded body length is 25 cm.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Cathorops |
Species: | C. arenatus
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Binomial name | |
Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
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References
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- ^ Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur, R., Giarrizzo, T., Fredou, F.L. & Knudsen, S. (2015). Cathorops arenatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T196818A2476933.en
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cathorops arenatus". FishBase.