Cathorops
| Cathorops | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Cathorops D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| Arius hypophthalmus Steindachner, 1876 | |
Cathorops is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae.
Cathorops is a strongly supported clade of this family.[1][2] It consists of a natural group in which the monophyly is well-defined by morphological and molecular evidence.[3] The genus probably includes several unrecognized species from both American coasts.[1]
Cathorops species are found in the eastern and western Central and South America in brackish and freshwater habitats.[2] These fish occur mainly in estuarine and freshwater habitats from southern Mexico to Central and South America.[3] 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.[3]
Cathorops includes species of small size, reaching a maximum length of 360 millimetres (14.2 in) TL.[3]
Species
There are currently 31 species described for this genus:[4][5]
- Cathorops agassizii (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
- Cathorops aguadulce (Meek, 1904) (Estuarine sea catfish)
- Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Cathorops belizensis Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008[6] (Belize sea catfish)
- Cathorops dasycephalus (Günther, 1864) (Big-bellied sea catfish)
- Cathorops fissus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Cathorops fuerthii (Steindachner, 1877) (Congo sea catfish)
- Cathorops gulosus (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888) (Gloomy sea catfish)
- Cathorops higuchii Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008[6]
- Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1877) (Gloomy sea catfish)
- Cathorops kailolae Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008[6]
- Cathorops laticeps (Günther, 1864)
- Cathorops liropus (Bristol, 1897)
- Cathorops manglarensis Marceniuk, 2007[3]
- Cathorops mapale Betancur-R. & Acero P, 2005[1]
- Cathorops melanopus (Günther, 1864) (Dark sea catfish)
- Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864) (Box sea catfish)
- Cathorops nuchalis (Günther, 1864)
- Cathorops phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Kukwari sea catfish)
- Cathorops puncticulatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Cathorops raredonae Marceniuk, Betancur-R. & Acero P, 2009
- Cathorops rugispinis (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) (Madamango sea catfish)
- Cathorops steindachneri (C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904) (Steindachner's sea catfish)
- Cathorops taylori Roberts, 1978 (Taylor's catfish)
- Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Besudo sea catfish)
- Cathorops variolosus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Cathorops wayuu Betancur-R., Acero P. & Marceniuk, 2012[5]
References
- 1 2 3 Ricardo Betancur-R.; Arturo Acero P. (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.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Cathorops in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- 1 2 Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur-R., R., Acero P., A. & Muriel-Cunha, J. (2012): Review of the Genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Caribbean and Atlantic South America, with Description of a New Species. Copeia 2012, (1): 77–97.
- 1 2 3 Marceniuk & Betancur-R.; Betancur-R., Ricardo (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.