Lacandon sea catfish
| Lacandon sea catfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Potamarius |
| Species: | P. nelsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamarius nelsoni (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902)
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The Lacandon sea catfish[3] (Potamarius nelsoni) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[4] It was described by Barton Warren Evermann and Edmund Lee Goldsborough in 1902, originally under the genus Conorhynchos.[2] It is known from the Usumacinta River, in Mexico. It reaches a maximum standard length of 39 cm (15 in).[4]
References
- ^ Espinosa-Perez, H.; Mercado Silva, N. (2019). "Potamarius nelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T197029A2478056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T197029A2478056.en. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b Synonyms of Potamarius nelsoni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Potamarius nelsoni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Potamarius nelsoni". FishBase. July 2019 version.