Chomba sea catfish

The Chomba sea catfish[2] (Notarius osculus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1883, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits coastal marine and brackish waters in Costa Rica and Panama. It reaches a maximum standard length of 28 cm (11 in).[3]

Chomba sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Notarius
Species:
N. osculus
Binomial name
Notarius osculus
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius osculus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
  • Hexanematichthys osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Galeichthys osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Tachisurus osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
  • Netuma oscula (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)

References
  1. Synonyms of Notarius osculus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Notarius osculus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Notarius osculus" in FishBase. July 2019 version.


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