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Occidentarius platypogon (Günther, 1864)

Cominate sea catfish
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Common names: Bagre cominate, Bagre cominate, Cominate sea catfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from several localities in Baja California Sur (Ref. 37955). Also from Laguna San Ignacio, southern Baja California (Ref. 96339). Also Ref. 39852.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De la Cruz Agüero, J., M. Arellano Martínez, V.M. Cota Gómez and G. de la Cruz-Agüero, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Bagre cominate, Bagre picalon, Bagre cominate, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Occidentarius: Name Latin 'occidens' meaning west, and the genus name Arius; in reference to the restriction of the species to the EP, the western-most region occupied by ariids..
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 6 - 107 m (Ref. 96339), usually ? - 60 m (Ref. 9271).   Tropical; 24°N - 1°N

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