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Occidentarius platypogon (Günther, 1864)

Cominate sea catfish
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Salvador [El] country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/es.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kailola, P.J. and W.A. Bussing, 1995
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Common names from other countries

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

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 6 - 107 m (Ref. 96339), usually ? - 60 m (Ref. 9271).   Tropical; 24°N - 1°N

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