Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Ariidae > Cathorops > Cathorops melanopus

Cathorops melanopus (Dark sea catfish)

Synonyms: Arius melanopus; Tachisurus agassizii melanopus; Tachisurus melanopus
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Spanish

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dzilam de Bravo Wetland Reserve 149170 Yucatan, Mexico    
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  
Reserva Especial de la Biosfera Ría Celestún Biosphere Reserve VI 202424 Mexico  
Reserva Estatal del Palmar Reserve 122954 Mexico    
Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve VI 149920 Mexico    

Prey / Diet

Fenestraria rhopalophylla (babies toes)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Caballerorhynchus lamothei[2]
Gorgorhynchus medius[2]
Neoechinorhynchus golvani[1]
Prosthenhystera obesa[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0