Chihuil

distribution

Distribution: Western America. Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.

materials_examined

Material examined: LACM W 55 - 140 (10 al, 145 - 274 mm TL) (1 c & s), Mexico, Baja California, Almejas Bay; UMMZ 86047 (2 al, 205 - 215 mm TL), Mexico, Nayarit, San Blas.

Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.

Bagre panamensis (Gill 1863) .

Bagre panamensis (Gill 1863). Chihuil Sea-Catfish; Bagre, Bagre Chihuil, Cuminate Chihuil Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern California, USA, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) ER and PN (Pacific); 0–6 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2010), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 116; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology) and Robertson & Allen (2015: 580; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).

Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families

description

Chihuil or Chihuil Sea Catfish. To about 57 cm (22.4 in) (Robertson and Allen 2008). Off Santa Ana River, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Isla Lobos de Tierra, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Miller and Lea 1972). Depth: 0 – 177 m (10 – 584 ft) (min. Robertson and Allen 2015; max.: Zeballos Flor et al. 1998).

Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico