The ariid genus Cathorops includes species that occur mainly in estuarine and freshwater habitats of the eastern and western coasts of southern Mexico, Central and South America. The species of Cathorops from the Mesoamerica (Atlantic slope) and Caribbean Central America are revised, and three new species are described: C. belizensis from mangrove areas in Belize; C. higuchii from shallow coastal areas and coastal rivers in the Central American Caribbean, from Honduras to Panama; and C. kailolae from río Usumacinta and lago Izabal basins in Mexico and Guatemala. Additionally, C. aguadulce, from the río Papaloapan basin in Mexico, and C. melanopus from the río Motagua basin in Guatemala and Honduras, are redescribed and their geographic dist...
FIGURE 1. Cathorops manglarensis, holotype, USNM 286392, female, 164.0 mm SL. Body in lateral view
Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (fig. 14) Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766: 505. Type locality: Central A...
FIGURE 2. Cathorops manglarensis, holotype, USNM 286392, female, 164.0 mm SL. Head in dorsal view
The ariid genus Cathorops includes species that occur mainly in estuarine and freshwater habitats of...
Fig. 1. Cathorops aguadulce, holotype, FMNH 4678, 227.0 mm SL (body in lateral view). Mexico, Veracr...
The great similarities in the external morphologies and the lack of knowledge on ontogenetic and int...
Fig. 3. Secondgillarchof (A) Cathoropsmelanopus(UMMZ 197336, 188.0 mm SL), and (B) C. kailolae (UMMZ...
The New World genus Cathorops in the family Ariidae (Sea Catfishes) includes species that inhabit es...
Fig. 9. Plot of standard length against dorsal-fin spine length, for Cathorops belizensis (holotype,...
Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923): USNM 286397 (1, 123.0 mm SL) Panama, río Pirre, 3-5 mile...
Cathorops aguadulce (Meek, 1904) Galeichthys aguadulce Meek, 1904: 9, pl. 4. Type locality: Río Tes...
Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864) Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864: 173. Type locality: Rio...
Marceniuk, Alexandre P. (2007): Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colomb...
Ariidae (Siluriformes), widely distributed in world tropical shelves, includes 150-200 species, one ...
FIGURE 6. Pacific Central and South America, showing the geographic distribution of Cathorops mangla...
FIGURE 1. Cathorops manglarensis, holotype, USNM 286392, female, 164.0 mm SL. Body in lateral view
Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (fig. 14) Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766: 505. Type locality: Central A...
FIGURE 2. Cathorops manglarensis, holotype, USNM 286392, female, 164.0 mm SL. Head in dorsal view
The ariid genus Cathorops includes species that occur mainly in estuarine and freshwater habitats of...
Fig. 1. Cathorops aguadulce, holotype, FMNH 4678, 227.0 mm SL (body in lateral view). Mexico, Veracr...
The great similarities in the external morphologies and the lack of knowledge on ontogenetic and int...
Fig. 3. Secondgillarchof (A) Cathoropsmelanopus(UMMZ 197336, 188.0 mm SL), and (B) C. kailolae (UMMZ...
The New World genus Cathorops in the family Ariidae (Sea Catfishes) includes species that inhabit es...
Fig. 9. Plot of standard length against dorsal-fin spine length, for Cathorops belizensis (holotype,...
Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923): USNM 286397 (1, 123.0 mm SL) Panama, río Pirre, 3-5 mile...
Cathorops aguadulce (Meek, 1904) Galeichthys aguadulce Meek, 1904: 9, pl. 4. Type locality: Río Tes...
Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864) Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864: 173. Type locality: Rio...
Marceniuk, Alexandre P. (2007): Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colomb...
Ariidae (Siluriformes), widely distributed in world tropical shelves, includes 150-200 species, one ...
FIGURE 6. Pacific Central and South America, showing the geographic distribution of Cathorops mangla...
FIGURE 1. Cathorops manglarensis, holotype, USNM 286392, female, 164.0 mm SL. Body in lateral view
Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (fig. 14) Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766: 505. Type locality: Central A...
FIGURE 2. Cathorops manglarensis, holotype, USNM 286392, female, 164.0 mm SL. Head in dorsal view