Potamarius

Potamarius
Potamarius nelsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Potamarius
C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1960
Type species
Conorhynchos nelsoni
Evermann & Goldsborough 1902
Species

See text for species.

Potamarius is a genus of sea catfishes. The three species in this genus exclusively inhabit fresh water in southern Mexico and Guatemala. The individual species have relatively small ranges. The highly endangered Paragenidens grandoculis of Brazil was long classified in Potamarius, but a 2019 study has found it to belong in its own genus.

Species

There are currently three described species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Potamarius". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. 1 2 Oliveira, Claudio; Gasparini, João Luiz Rosetti; Lima, Flávio César Thadeo; Ingenito, Leonardo Ferreira Da Silva; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires (2019-04-18). "Systematics, biogeography and conservation of Paragenidens grandoculis n. gen. and n. comb. (Siluriformes; Ariidae), a critically endangered species from southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4586 (3): 425–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334.