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Aspistor parkeri

Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., Zootaxa (1416), pp. 1-126 : 24

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 z01416p001

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scientific name

 Aspistor parkeri
status

 

Aspistor parkeri (Traill, 1832)

Silurus parkeri Traill, 1832: 380, pl. 6 (fig.1). Type locality: Guiana. Holotype: Unknown.

Arius quadriscutis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 111. Type locality: Surinam. Syntypes: MNHN A- 9402, B-0596, B-0613; RMNH 3049, 3050.

Distribution: North Eastern South America.

Countries: Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 500 mm TL.

Material examined: FMNH 52850 (5 al, 282-305 mm TL), Guyana, Georgetown market; MZUSP 87697 (1 c&s), Brazil, Sergipe; MZUSP 87698 (1 c&s), Brazil, Sergipe; MZUSP 52840 (1 al), Brazil, Maranhão, São Luís, ilha de São Luís, rio Curuca.

Genus

Aspistor

Specimens