Yellow Sea Catfish
Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Also calledMâchoiron mamango (fra) · Uricica amarela (por) · katorops surinamský (ces)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
MCZ 7656, unsexed specimen, 100.8 mm SL, deposited in 1874, Guyana,
Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence.
distribution
Distribution: Northeastern South America. Countries: Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil.
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
materials_examined
Material examined: USNM 233482 (+ 40 al) (2 es), Venezuela, mouth of rio Orinoco, 10 naut. mi. upstream from sea buoy; USNM 286395 (17 al), Suriname, off Surinam.
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2345181.