Lacandon sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Potamarius
Species:
P. nelsoni
Binomial name
Potamarius nelsoni
(Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius nelsoni (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902)
  • Conorhynchos nelsoni Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902

The Lacandon sea catfish[2] (Potamarius nelsoni) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Barton Warren Evermann and Edmund Lee Goldsborough in 1902, originally under the genus Conorhynchos.[1] It is known from the Usumacinta River, in Mexico. It reaches a maximum standard length of 39 cm (15 in).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Synonyms of Potamarius nelsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Potamarius nelsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Potamarius nelsoni" in FishBase. July 2019 version.


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