Cathorops mapale

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 : 44

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Cathorops mapale
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Cathorops mapale   ZBK Betancur-R. & Acero, 2005

Cathorops mapale   ZBK Betancur-R. & Acero, 2005: 47. Type locality: Colombia, Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. Holotype: INVEMAR-PEC 5333. Paratypes: INVEMAR-PEC 277, 1584, 5730, 5733, 3654, 5197, 5501, 5732, 5731 and 5348, ICN-MHN 8244, 8245, 8246 and 8247.

Distribution: North South America.

Countries: Colombia and Venezuela.

Habitat: Brackish and freshwaters.

Maximum size: 306 mm TL.

Material examined: USNM 286396 (5 al), Colombia, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta; USNM 286398 (5 al), Colombia, Cga. la Virgen, 1.2 m; USNM 121206 (11 al), Vemezuela, rio los Pajardos, 3 km acima do lago Maracaibo.