Notarius grandicassis

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 : 82-83

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scientific name	Notarius grandicassis
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Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Arius grandicassis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 54, pl. 427. Type locality: Guyana. Holotype: MNHN A-4608.

Arius parmocassis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 57. Type locality: Bahia, Brazil. Holotype: MNHN A-8966.

Arius stricticassis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 58. Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana; Surinam. Syntypes: MNHN A-9406, RMNH 3034.

Arius vandeli Puyo, 1936: 123, figs. 21G, 22. Type locality: Cayenne River, French Guiana. Holotype: MNHN 1936- 0160.

Distribution: North and eastern South America.

Countries: Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil.

Habitat: Brackish waters.

Maximum size: 630 mm TL.

Material examined: MZUSP 10092-10103 (2 c&s), Brazil, Espirito Santo, between São Mateus and the rio Doce; MZUSP 51705 (1 es), Brazil, São Paulo, Bertioga; MZUSP 61341 (1 al, 121 mm SL), Brazil, Bahia, Caravelas, estuary and mouth of rio Caravelas.