Sciades couma (Valenciennes, 1840)

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 : 104-105

publication ID	z01416p001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6237090
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scientific name	Sciades couma
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Sciades couma View in CoL (Valenciennes, 1840)

Bagrus couma ZBK Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840a: 459. Type locality: Cayenne , French Guiana. Syntypes: MNHN A-9338 , Cayenne ; A-9339 , America .

Sciadeichthys (Selenaspis) walrechti ZBK Boeseman, 1954: 60. pl. 3. Type-locality: Surinam. Holotype: RMNH 2141 . Paratypes: RMNH 19808-09 .

Distribution: North and Eastern South America.

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

Habitat: Predominantly brackish waters.

Maximum size: 960 mm TL.

Material examined: CAS 122460 (6 al, 202-232 mm TL) (1 c&s), Brazil, Pará ; FMNH 98033 (5 al, 202- 329 mm TL), Guyana, Georgetown market .