raspfin sea catfish

Cathorops spixii

Catfish beneath the Caribbean Sea

Tropical
Estuary
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

raspfin sea catfish is known around Western Atlantic as a freshwater fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Maximum length: 30 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Atlantic and Caribbean rivers and estuaries from Colombia to Brazil.

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