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Pemecou Sea Catfish

Sciades herzbergii

Classification

Family
Ariidae

The Pemecou sea catfish (Sciades herzbergii), also known as the flapnose sea catfish, the mud cuirass, or the gillbacker, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1794, originally under the genus Silurus. It inhabits marine, brackish and freshwaters in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 61France · 12