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Cathorops dasycephalus

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 : 43-44

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scientific name

 Cathorops dasycephalus
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Cathorops dasycephalus ( Günther, 1864)

Arius dasycephalus Günther, 1864: 157. Type locality: Oahu I., Hawaiian Is., U.S.A.. Holotype: BMNH 1855.9.19.1100.

Tachisurus longicephalus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888: 143. Type locality: Gulf of Panama (Pacific), Panama. Holotype: MCZ 4972.

Distribution: Western Central America.

Countries: Hawaiian Is. in U.S.A, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 290 mm TL.

Material examined: FMNH 19143 (5 al, 216-242 mm TL) (1 c&s), Panama, canal zone, Panama Bay, Balboa; USNM 286481 (7 al, 162-233 mm TL) (1 c&s), Colombia, off Cape Manglares, south of Tumaco.

Genus

Cathorops

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