Cathorops wayuu

Cathorops wayuu, the Wayuu sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish. It is found in shallow coastal and estuarine waters from Camarones in Colombia to the Gulf of Paria in Venezuela. Maximum recorded body length is 31.4 cm.[2]

Cathorops wayuu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species:
C. wayuu
Binomial name
Cathorops wayuu
Betancur-R., Acero P & Marceniuk, 2012

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E. (2015). Cathorops wayuu. The IUCN Red List of Threatened doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T47140113A47461241.en
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cathorops wayuu" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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