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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSiluriformes
  5. FamilyAriidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Ariidae
Collections
MPEG, ANSP, FMNH
Recorded in
Brasil, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ariidae
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taxon name
Aspistor
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Aspistor
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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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