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Cathorops tuyra

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Cathorops tuyra (Meek & Hildebrand, 1923)

Arius tuyra Meek & Hildebrand, 1923: 128, pl. 5. Type locality: Río Tuyra, mouth of río Yape, Darien, Panama (Pacific). Holotype: USNM 79413. Paratypes: FMNH 26711-12, 26713-15, USNM 79 411-12, 79414.

Distribution: Western Central and South America.

Countries: Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

Habitat: Marine, brackish and fresh waters.

Maximum size: 230 mm TL.

Material examined: USNM 286466 (9 al) (2 es), Panama, rio Pirre, 3-5 miles above El Real, purchased (caught on line); USNM 292824 (5 al), Panama, rio Uruseca, 2 miles above El Real.

Notes

Published as part of Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 1416 on page 46

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