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Catfish

Whale Catfish

Cetopsidium orientale (Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWhale Catfish
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese东方小鲸鲇
Sranan Tongokatfisi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCetopsidium orientale (Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)

About this species

Cetopsidium orientale is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes. This fish is found in the coastal rivers of Suriname and French Guiana in the region from the Corantijn River along the border between Suriname and Guyana to the Oyapock-Oiapoque River along the French Guiana-Brazil border; it is likely this species is also occurs in the left bank tributaries to the Corantijn River draining from Guyana and the Oiapoque River in Brazil.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyCetopsidae
GenusCetopsidium

In Suriname

16Records in Suriname
1960First record
2010Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo8
  • Sipaliwini7

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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