FB-64014 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64014 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Nemacheilidae Paracobitis Paracobitis maolanensis Li, Ran & Chen, 2006 Usumacinta sea catfish Mâchoiron Usumacinta Bagre Usumacinta Bagre del Usumacinta Potamarius sp. Not applicable 2008-06-19 2012-10-31 Betancur-R., R. and P.W. Willink0 A new freshwater ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin. Copeia 2007(4):818-828. (Ref. 75770) Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr.0 Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407. (Ref. 81264) Betancur-R, R., A. Acero P, E. Bermingham and R. Cooke0 Systematics and biogeography of New World sea catfishes (Siluriformes: Ariidae) as inferred from mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological evidence. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 45:339-357. (Ref. 86580) Page, L.M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, N.E. Mandrak, R.L. Mayden and J.S. Nelson0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico, 7th edition. Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, 384 p. (Ref. 96293) Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante0 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106) FB-GeneralDescr-64022 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-20 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64022 Adults occur only in freshwater, preferring the main channel of medium to large rivers (Ref. 75770). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106). Betancur-R., R. and P.W. Willink 2007 A new freshwater ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin. Copeia 2007(4):818-828. (Ref. 75770) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64022 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-20 00:00:00 2008-06-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64022 Distinguished from other freshwater ariids occurring in Mesoamerica by the following combination of characters: presence of accessory tooth patches on palate; premaxillary tooth band length 2.4-2.9 in its width; ; snout length 1.4-1.8 in postorbital length; lateral gill rakers on first gill arch 17-20 (mode 19); mesial gill rakers on first two gill arches well developed; accessory palatal patches with numerous pointed-conical teeth; premaxillary maxillary barbel not extending behind gill membrane; and dorsomedian fleshy groove on head absent (Ref. 75770). Betancur-R., R. and P.W. Willink 2007 A new freshwater ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin. Copeia 2007(4):818-828. (Ref. 75770) FB-Morphology-64022 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-20 00:00:00 2008-06-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64022 Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 19 - 23 Betancur-R., R. and P.W. Willink 2007 A new freshwater ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin. Copeia 2007(4):818-828. (Ref. 75770) FB-Distribution-64022 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-20 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64022 Central America: endemic to the Río Usumacinta basin in Guatemala and Mexico. Betancur-R., R. and P.W. Willink 2007 A new freshwater ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin. Copeia 2007(4):818-828. (Ref. 75770) FB-Size-64022 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-20 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64022 59.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 75770)) Betancur-R., R. and P.W. Willink 2007 A new freshwater ariid (Otophysi: Siluriformes) from the Río Usumacinta Basin. Copeia 2007(4):818-828. (Ref. 75770) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64022 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2008-06-20 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64022 demersal; freshwater