Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1045, 2005, Pages 45-60

  Betancur R, Ricardo ^a,b   Acero P, Arturo ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ariidae; Cathorops mapale; Colombian Caribbean; Mitochondrial genes; Sea catfishes

Indexed keywords

ARIIDAE; BARBUS; CATHOROPS; CATHOROPS MAPALE; CATHOROPS SPIXII; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 33745239593     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1045.1.4     Document Type: Article

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