FB-51743 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51743 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Didogobius Didogobius bentuvii Miller, 1966 Dark sea catfish Bagre prieto 黑翅海鯰 黑翅海鲶 Arius melanopus Günther, 1864 Tachisurus melanopus (Günther, 1864) 1999-03-25 2014-06-10 Günther, A.0 Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Volume fifth. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London. 455 p. (Ref. 2075) Burgess, W.E.0 An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p. (Ref. 6868) Swedish Museum of Natural History0 Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). 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Ichthyol. 31(1):228-230. (Ref. 111768) FB-DiagnosticDescr-51769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-11-11 00:00:00 2008-11-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51769 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Distinguished from all other species of Cathorops by the possession of the following features: gill rakers on first arch 16-18; anal fin with 19-20 rays; snout length 5.3-5.5% SL; and posterior margin of pectoral-fin spine with prominent serrations, except in Cathorops aguadulce, Cathorops kailolae, Cathorops multiradiatus, and Cathorops tuyra. Can be further differentiated from other congeners by the following combination of characters: distance from tip of snout to dorsal-fin origin 30.0-32.6% SL; distance from tip of snout to posterior margin of dorsomedian groove of neurocranium 17.9-19.1% SL; absence of fleshy papillae intercalated with gill rakers on first two arches; head length 22.3-23.0% SL; distance between lateral cornu of lateral ethmoid and external limb of supracleithrum 19.3-19.6% SL; distance between the anterior nostrils 3.6-4.4% SL; distance between posterior nostrils 4.4-5.1% SL; orbital diameter 4.5-5.0% SL; interorbital distance 11.1-12.1% SL; mouth width 8.9-9.7% SL; premaxilla width 5.1-5.8% SL; intense black pigmentation on pelvic fin; distance from tip of snout to pelvic-fin origin 46.2-49.1% SL; dorsal-fin spine length 17.2-18.1% SL; caudal-peduncle height 8.7-9.0% SL; width of cephalic shield at supracleithrum area 16.7-16.9% SL; and body width 19.6-20.1% SL (Ref. 75004). Marceniuk, A.P. and R. Betancur-R 2008 Revision of the species of the genus <i>Cathorops</i> (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(1):25-44. (Ref. 75004) FB-Morphology-51769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-11-11 00:00:00 2008-11-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51769 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 19 - 20 Marceniuk, A.P. and R. Betancur-R 2008 Revision of the species of the genus <i>Cathorops</i> (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(1):25-44. (Ref. 75004) FB-Distribution-51769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-03-27 00:00:00 2017-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51769 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Central America: Rio Motagua, Guatemala; probably in the Honduran portion of the rio Motagua near itsmouth. Reports from Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama by previous authors are erroneous. Marceniuk, A.P. and R. Betancur-R 2008 Revision of the species of the genus <i>Cathorops</i> (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(1):25-44. (Ref. 75004) FB-Uses-51769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-03-27 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51769 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: commercial FB-Size-51769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-03-27 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51769 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 23.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 58022)) Marceniuk, A.P. and N.A. Menezes 2007 Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa 1416:1-126. (Ref. 58022) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-51769 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-03-27 00:00:00 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=51769 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size benthopelagic; freshwater