Sculptured sea catfish
Appearance
Sculptured sea catfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Notarius |
Species: | N. kessleri
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Binomial name | |
Notarius kessleri (Steindachner, 1876)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The sculptured sea catfish[2] (Notarius kessleri) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits brackish and marine waters in Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama. It reaches a maximum total length of 45 cm (18 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 40 cm (16 in).[3]
The sculptured sea catfish is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN Redlist.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Synonyms of Notarius kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Notarius kessleri at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Notarius kessleri" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
- ^ Notarius kessleri at the IUCN redlist.