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Kukwari sea catfish
Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Also calledMâchoiron kukwari (fra) · Mâchoiron kukwari, Mâchoiron bressou (fra) · Canguira (por) · Canguito (por)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: North and eastern South America. Countries: Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil.
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
materials_examined
Material examined: USNM 233474 (4 al, 219 - 338 mm TL) (1 c & s), Venezuela, terr. fed. delta Amacuro, Orinoco River, deep river channel, brazo imataca near Curiapo, 60 naut. mi. upstream from sea buoy.
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Amphiarius phrygiatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2345507.