Cathorops raredonae, the curator sea catfish or Raredon's sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[1] It was described by Alexandre Pires Marceniuk, Ricardo Betancur-Rodríguez and Arturo Acero Pizarro in 2009. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater-dwelling fish which occurs between Mexico and El Salvador.

Cathorops raredonae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cathorops
Species:
C. raredonae
Binomial name
Cathorops raredonae

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Sandra J. Raredon (b. 1954), of the Division of Fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., for her valuable assistance.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cathorops raredonae". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARIIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Sea Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 November 2024.