Mayan sea catfish
| Mayan sea catfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Ariopsis |
| Species: | A. assimilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ariopsis assimilis (Günther, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Mayan sea catfish (Ariopsis assimilis), also known as the Mayan catfish or the Maya sea catfish,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1864, originally under the genus Arius.[4] It is found in tropical brackish and freshwater bodies in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in), but more commonly reaches a TL of 25 cm (9.8 in).[3]
The Mayan sea catfish is of minor commercial interest to fisheries, and its meat is generally consumed fresh.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ariopsis assimilis at fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Ariopsis assimilis at fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Ariopsis assimilis" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
- ↑ Günther, A. 1864 (10 Dec.) [ref. 1974] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455.
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