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Ariopsis assimilis (Mayan sea catfish; Mayan catfish; Maya sea catfish)

Synonyms: Arius assimilis; Galeichthys assimilis; Hexanematichthys assimilis; Sciades assimilis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Mayan sea catfish (Ariopsis assimilis), also known as the Mayan catfish or the Maya sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Albert Günther in 1864, originally under the genus Arius. It is found in tropical brackish and freshwater bodies in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm (14 in), but more commonly reaches a TL of 25 cm (9.8 in). The Mayan sea catfish is of minor commercial interest to fisheries, and its meat is generally consumed fresh.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  
Shipstern Nature Reserve IV 20453 Belize

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
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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