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Aspistor

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.

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Length
205 w
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Aspistor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Aspistor
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Type species
Arius luniscutis

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:1

As of August 2025, FishBase only lists A. hardenbergi.2

References

References

  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aspistor". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aspistor". FishBase. August 2025 version.