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Cathorops higuchii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Cathorops
Species:	C. higuchii
Binomial name
Cathorops higuchii Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008

Cathorops higuchii, the Higuchi's sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish. It is named after Horácio Higuchi, a scientist from Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Brazil. The species is found in estuaries and coastal waters of the western Atlantic from eastern Honduras to Colón, Panama. Maximum recorded body length is 35 cm.

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of Horácio Higuchi, of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém, Brazil, because of his contribution to the taxonomy, systematics and morphology of South American ariids.

References

1. ^ Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur, R. & Knudsen, S. (2015). Cathorops higuchii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T196820A2477055.en
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cathorops higuchii". FishBase.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARIIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Sea Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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