Cathorops agassizi

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 : 40

Cathorops agassizi (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)

Tachisurus agassizi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888: 145. Type locality: Rio Grande do Sul (probably erroneous), Brazil. Holotype: MCZ 7670 .

Arius pleurops Boulenger, 1897: 296. Type locality: Magoarisinho, Cape Maguarinho , Brazil. Holotype: BMNH 1897.7.17.7

Distribution: Northeastern South America.

Countries: Guyana and Brazil.

Habitat: Brackish and freshwater.

Maximum size: 220 mm TL.

Material examined: MZUSP 37232 (17 al) (2 c&s), Brazil, Maceió, Alagoas, lagoa Mundau ; MZUSP 49346 (4 al) (2 es), Brazil, Pará, baia de Marajo , ilha do Mosqueiro, Cajueiro ; MZUSP 37231 (7 al) (1 es), Brazil, Alagoas, Maceio , lagoa Mundau ; MZUSP 49358 (6 al) (2 es), Brazil, Sergipe ; MZUSP 37228 (1 es), Brazil, Maranhão, ilha de Sao Luis , estreito de Coqueiro .