Cathorops

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Cathorops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Cathorops
Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Type species
Arius hypophthalmus
Steindachner, 1876
Species

C. agassizii
C. aguadulce
C. arenatus
C. belizensis[1]
C. dasycephalus
C. fuerthii
C. higuchii[1]
C. hypophthalmus
C. kailolae[1]
C. manglarensis[2]
C. mapale[3]
C. melanopus
C. multiradiatus
C. spixii
C. steindachneri
C. tuyra

Cathorops is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae.

Cathorops is a strongly supported clade of this family.[3][4] It consists a natural group in which the monophyly is well-defined by morphological and molecular evidence.[2] The genus probably includes several unrecognized species from both American coasts.[3]

Cathorops species are found in the eastern and western Central and South America in brackish and freshwater habitats.[4] These fish occur mainly in estuarine and freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to Central and South America.[2] Seven species occur exclusively on the Pacific portion of America: C. dasycephalus, C. fuerthii, C. hypophthalmus, C. manglarensis, C. multiradiatus, C. steindachneri, C. taylori, and C. tuyra.[2]

Cathorops includes species of small size, reaching a maximum length of 360 millimetres (14.2 in) TL.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Marceniuk & Betancur-R. (2008). "Revision of the species of the genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species". Neotropical Ichthyology 6 (1): 25–44. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000100004. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Marceniuk, Alexandre P. (2007). "Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colombian Pacific, with redescription of Cathorops multiradiatus (Siluriformes; Ariidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1529: 33–48. 
  3. ^ a b c Betancur-R., Ricardo; Acero P., Arturo (2005). "Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence" (PDF). Zootaxa 1045: 45–60. 
  4. ^ a b Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 1416: 1–126. 
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