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Papillate sea catfish

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Papillate sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species:
C. kailolae
Binomial name
Cathorops kailolae
Marceniuk & Betancur-R., 2008

The papillate sea catfish (Cathorops kailolae), also known as the Kailola's sea catfish,[1] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It was described by Alexandre Pires Marceniuk and Ricardo Betancur-Rodríguez in 2008. It is a tropical fresh and saltwater catfish which occurs in Central America. It reaches a standard length of 25.4 cm (10.0 in).[2]

The species epithet "kailolae" refers to ichthyologist Patricia J. Kailola, and is cited as being given in honour of her contributions to the systematics for the family Ariidae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Common names of Cathorops kailolae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cathorops kailolae". FishBase. October 2017 version.