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Carlarius latiscutatus

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 : 38

publication ID

 z01416p001

DOI

 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236850

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scientific name

 Carlarius latiscutatus
status

 

Carlarius latiscutatus View in CoL View at ENA ( Günther, 1864)

? Pimelodus gambensis   ZBK Bowdich, 1825: 234, fig. 50. Type locality: Gambia River , Nigeria. No types know.

Arius latiscutatus   ZBK Günther, 1864: 151. Type locality: Fernando Poo Island , Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1[or 2].26.1 .

Arius lagoensis   ZBK Pfaff, 1933: 298, figs. 9-10. Type locality: Lagos , Nigeria. Holotype: ZMUC 1.8.1928.87 . Paratypes: ZMUC 1.8.1928.88 .

Distribution: Western Africa.

Countries: Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Angola and Namibia.

Habitat: predominantly brackish waters.

Maximum size: 700 mm TL.

Material examined: USNM 00188475 (4 al, 263-340 mm TL) (1 c&s), Nigeria, off Lagos .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Ariidae

Genus

Carlarius

Specimens