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Carlarius parkii

Description

Carlarius parkii (Günther, 1864)

Arius parkii Günther, 1864: 154. Type locality: Lagos, Nigeria. Lectotype: BMNH 1865.7.4.4. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1847.4.14.26, 1852.9.13.47.

Arius capellonis Steindachner, 1867: 64. Type locality: Monrovia, Liberia. Holotype: not found at NMW.

Distribution: Western Africa.

Countries: Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire and Angola.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 750 mm TL.

Material examined: CAS 115845 (2 al, 183-187 mm TL), Cameroon; USNM 218279 (5 al, 182-300 mm TL) (1 c&s), Sierra Leone.

Notes

Published as part of Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 1416 on page 38

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Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , CAS , NMW , USNM
Material sample ID
BMNH 1847.4.14.26, BMNH 1852.9.13.47 , BMNH 1865.7.4.4 , CAS 115845 , USNM 218279
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Ariidae
Genus
Carlarius
Species
parkii
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Holotype , Lectotype , Paralectotypes