Mayan sea catfish

Mayan sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Ariopsis
Species:
A. assimilis
Binomial name
Ariopsis assimilis
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius assimilis Günther, 1864
  • Galeichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864)
  • Hexanematichthys assimilis (Günther, 1864)
  • Sciades assimilis (Günther, 1864)

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

  1. ^ Synonyms of Ariopsis assimilis at fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Ariopsis assimilis at fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ariopsis assimilis". FishBase. April 2016 version.
  4. ^ 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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