Species of fish
| Flapnose sea catfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Siluriformes
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| Family:
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Ariidae
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| Genus:
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Sciades
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| Species:
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S. dowii
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| Binomial name
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Sciades dowii
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Arius alatus Steindachner, 1876
- Arius dowii (Gill, 1863)
- Arius dowi (Gill, 1863)
- Arius dovii (Gill, 1863)
- Galeichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
- Galeichthys dovii (Gill, 1863)
- Hexanematichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
- Leptarius dowii Gill, 1863
- Sciadeichthys dowii (Gill, 1863)
- Selenaspis dowii (Gill, 1863)
- Tachisurus dowii (Gill, 1863)
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The flapnose sea catfish (Sciades dowii), also known as the brown sea catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Theodore Gill in 1863, originally under the genus Leptarius.[1] It inhabits rivers and estuaries in Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 15 m (0 to 49 ft).[4] It reaches a maximum total length of 90 cm (35 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 50 cm (20 in).[3]
The diet of the flapnose sea catfish includes small finfish, fish scales, and benthic invertebrates.[5] Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist. It has been harvested for its meat since Pre-Columbian times, and remains a commercially important foodfish to date.[4] It is marketed both fresh and dried-salted.[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of John Melmoth Dow (1827-1892) a Panama Railroad Company ship captain and an amateur naturalist, who presented the type specimen to the Smithsonian Institution.[6]
References
- 1860-1884
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