Cathorops mapale
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Cathorops mapale | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Cathorops |
Species: | C. mapale
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Cathorops mapale |
The Mapale sea catfish (Cathorops mapale), is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It is a tropical fish which is known from Colombia to west Venezuela, where it typically inhabits freshwaters, brackish, in coastal lagoons and near-shore marine waters.[1] It reaches a maximum standard length of 30.6 cm (12.0 in).[2][3]
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- ^ a b Betancur-R., Ricardo & 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"; Zootaxa 1045: 45-60.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Cathorops mapale" in FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ^ Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales (2015) "Especie: Cathorops mapale, Chivo mapalé"; Peces Costeros del Gran Caribe, Sistema de Información en línea: Reporte de Datos de Especie. Retrieved 20 March 2017.