Steindachner's sea catfish

The Steindachner's sea catfish (Cathorops steindachneri) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1904. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater-dwelling catfish which occurs between Costa Rica and Peru. It dwells at a maximum depth of 20 m (66 ft).[3] It reaches a maximum total length of 36 cm (14 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 20 cm (7.9 in).[2]

Steindachner's sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ariidae
Genus:
Cathorops
Species:
C. steindachneri
Binomial name
Cathorops steindachneri
(Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tachysurus steindachneri Gilbert & Starks, 1904
  • Arius steindachneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
  • Cathorops steindechneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)

The fish is named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner.[4]

Due to insufficient statistical information on the species, the IUCN redlist lists the Steindachner's sea catfish as Data Deficient. It notes that pollution and coastal development pose a threat for the species.[3] It is marketed commercially, although its small size makes it an uncommon food fish.[2]

References
  1. Synonyms of Cathorops steindachneri (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Cathorops steindachneri" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. Cathorops steindachneri at the IUCN redlist.
  4. "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDAE". September 13, 2016.


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