| Cathorops | |
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| Cathorops hypophthalmus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Cathorops D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| Arius hypophthalmus (Steindachner, 1876)
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Cathorops is a genus of catfishes in the family Ariidae found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. These species are found in the eastern and western Central and South America in brackish and freshwater habitats.[1] This genus is a strongly supported clade of this family.[1][2] It consists of a natural group in which the monophyly is well-defined by morphological and molecular evidence and the genus probably includes several unrecognized species from both American coasts.[2][3]
- ^ a b Marceniuk, A.P. & Menezes, N.A. (2007): Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa, 1416: 1–126.
- ^ a b Betancur-R., R. & Acero P., A. (2005): Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence.
- ^ Marceniuk, A.P. (2007): Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colombian Pacific, with redescription of Cathorops multiradiatus (Siluriformes; Ariidae). Zootaxa, 1529: 33–48.