Aspistor
Sign in to saveAspistor was a genus of sea catfishes found along the northeastern coast of South America, where they occur in marine, brackish, and fresh waters. The name is now a synonym of Notarius.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyAriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Ariidae
- Collections
- MPEG, ANSP, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Brazil
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Aspistor was a genus of sea catfishes found along the northeastern coast of South America, where they occur in marine, brackish, and fresh waters. The name is now a synonym of Notarius.
==Species== The species formerly in this genus are: Aspistor cookei (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002); valid as Notarius cookei Aspistor hardenbergi (Kailola, 2000); valid as Hemiarius hardenbergi Aspistor kessleri (Steindachner, 1876); valid as Notarius kessleri Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840); valid as Notarius luniscutis Aspistor neogranatensis (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002); valid as Notarius neogranatensis Aspistor osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883); valid as Notarius osculus Aspistor parkeri (Traill, 1832); valid as Sciades parkeri Aspistor planiceps (Steindachner, 1876); valid as Notarius planiceps Aspistor platypogon (Günther, 1864); valid as Occidentarius platypogon Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840); valid as Notarius quadriscutis
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