Английская Википедия:Flapnose sea catfish

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The flapnose sea catfish (Sciades dowii), also known as the brown sea catfish,[1] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[2] It was described by Theodore Gill in 1863, originally under the genus Leptarius.[3] It inhabits rivers and estuaries in Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Peru. It dwells at a depth range of Шаблон:Convert.[4] It reaches a maximum total length of Шаблон:Convert, more commonly reaching a TL of Шаблон:Convert.[2]

The diet of the flapnose sea catfish includes small finfish, fish scales, and benthic invertebrates.[5] Due to a lack of known major threats to the species, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist. It has been harvested for its meat since Pre-Columbian times, and remains a commercially important foodfish to date.[4] It is marketed both fresh and dried-salted.[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of John Melmoth Dow (1827-1892) a Panama Railroad Company ship captain and an amateur naturalist, who presented the type specimen to the Smithsonian Institution.[6]

References

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  1. Common names of Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Fishbase species
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  4. 4,0 4,1 Sciades dowii at the IUCN redlist.
  5. Food items reported for Sciades dowii at www.fishbase.org.
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