WoRMS taxon details
Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864)
280047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280047)
accepted
Species
Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Bagrus arioides Kner, 1863 · unaccepted
Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898 · unaccepted
Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cathorops multiradiatus (Günther, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280047 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Marceniuk, A. P. (2007). Description of Cathorops manglarensis, a new species from the Colombian Pacific, with redescription of Cathorops multiradiatus (Siluriformes; Ariidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1529: 33-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1529.1.3 [details] Available for editors
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Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Bagrus arioides Kner, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cathorops multiradiatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus arioides Kner, 1863)
To FishBase images (Cathorops multiradiatus, Panama, by Robertson, R.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cathorops multiradiatus RAD117197-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus equatorialis USNM 53470 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachysurus emmelane RAD118235-001) (from synonym Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Bagrus arioides Kner, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cathorops multiradiatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus arioides Kner, 1863)
To FishBase images (Cathorops multiradiatus, Panama, by Robertson, R.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Arius multiradiatus Günther, 1864)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cathorops multiradiatus RAD117197-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus equatorialis USNM 53470 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Tachysurus equatorialis Starks, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachysurus emmelane RAD118235-001) (from synonym Tachysurus emmelane Gilbert, 1898)
To ITIS