Cathorops

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species: C. agassizi – C. aguadulce – C. arenatus – C. belizensis – C. dasycephalus – C. festae – C. fuerthii – †C. goeldii – C. higuchii – C. hypophthalmus – C. kailolae – C. mapale – C. melanopus
C. multiradiatus – C. spixii – C. steindachneri – C. tuyra – C. wayuu
Name

Cathorops Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

Type species: Arius hypophthalmus ♂ Steindachner, 1876, by monotypy.
References

Jordan, D. S. & C. H. Gilbert (1883) A review of the siluroid fishes found on the Pacific coast of tropical America, with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. 2: 34–54.
Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007) Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628 Full text.
Marceniuk, A.P., Marchena, J. & Betancur-R, R. 2016. Cathorops festae (Boulenger 1898) (Siluriformes; Ariidae), a valid species from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa 4170(1): 137–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.7. Reference page.
Marceniuk, A.P., Menezes, N.A. (2007) Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa, 1416: 1–126. Full text
Marceniuk, A.P. & Betancur-R., R. (2008) Revision of the species of the genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species. Neotropical Ichthyology. 6(1): 25–44 Full text.

Links

Cathorops and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Cathorops species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Cathorops is a genus of catfishes in the family Ariidae found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. These species are found in the eastern and western Central and South America in brackish and freshwater habitats.[1] This genus is a strongly supported clade of this family.[1][2] It consists of a natural group in which the monophyly is well-defined by morphological and molecular evidence and the genus probably includes several unrecognized species from both American coasts.[2][3]
Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:

Cathorops agassizii (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
Cathorops aguadulce (Meek, 1904) (Estuarine sea catfish)
Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Cathorops belizensis Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008 (Belizean sea catfish)
Cathorops dasycephalus (Günther, 1864) (Big-belly sea catfish)
Cathorops festae (Boulenger, 1898)[4]
Cathorops fuerthii (Steindachner, 1876) (Congo sea catfish)
Cathorops higuchii Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008 (Higuchi's sea catfish)
Cathorops hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876) (Gloomy sea catfish)
Cathorops kailolae Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008 (Kailola's sea catfish)
Cathorops liropus (Bristol, 1897) (Conguito sea catfish)
Cathorops manglarensis Marceniuk, 2007
Cathorops mapale Betancur-R. & Acero P, 2005 (Mapalé sea catfish)
Cathorops melanopus (Günther, 1864) (Dark sea catfish)
Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864) (Box sea catfish)
Cathorops nuchalis (Günther, 1864) (Orinoco sea catfish)
Cathorops raredonae Marceniuk, Betancur-R. & Acero P, 2009 (Raredon's sea catfish)
Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) (Madamango sea catfish)
Cathorops steindachneri (C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904) (Steindachner's sea catfish)
Cathorops taylori (Hildebrand, 1925) (Taylor's sea catfish)
Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) (Besudo sea catfish)
Cathorops wayuu Betancur-R., Acero P & Marceniuk, 2012 (Wayuu sea catfish)[5]

References

Marceniuk, A.P. & Menezes, N.A. (2007): Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa, 1416: 1–126.
Betancur-R., R. & Acero P., A. (2005): Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence.
Marceniuk, A.P. (2007): Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colombian Pacific, with redescription of Cathorops multiradiatus (Siluriformes; Ariidae). Zootaxa, 1529: 33–48.
Marceniuk, A.P., Marchena, J. & Betancur-R., R. (2016): Cathorops festae (Boulenger 1898) (Siluriformes; Ariidae), a valid species from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa, 4170 (1): 137–148.
Marceniuk, A.P., Betancur-R., R., Acero P., A. & Muriel-Cunha, J. (2012): Review of the Genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Caribbean and Atlantic South America, with Description of a New Species. Copeia, 2012 (1): 77–97.