Revision of the species of the genus Cathorops (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Mesoamerica and the Central American Caribbean, with description of three new species Author Marceniuk, Alexandre P. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42494, 04218 - 970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil a_marceniuk@hotmail.com Author Betancur-R, Ricardo Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA betanri@auburn.edu text Neotropical Ichthyology 2008 2008-03-31 6 1 25 25 http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000100004&lng=en&tlng=en journal article 312306 10.1590/S1679-62252008000100004 20063e32-2edc-4e82-9daa-ca17286cea93 1982-0224 5419649

Table 1. Meristics for Cathorops aguadulce, C. belizensis, C. higuchii, C. kailolae and C. melanopus. Data in parentheses indicate modes.

	C. aguadulce	C. belizensis	C. higuchii	C. kailolae	C. melanopus
	n = 2	n =13	n = 26	n = 26	n = 8
Number of rays
Pectoral-fin	10	10-11 (10)	10	9-11 (10)	10
Dorsal-fin	7	7	7	7	7
Pelvic-fin	6	6	6	6	6
Anal-fin	21	18-21 (20)	19-24 (22)	20-24 (22)	19-20 (20)
Number of gill rakers
First arch	14-16	19-20 (20)	18-21 (20)	14-16 (15)	16-18 (17)
Second arch	13-16	16-20 (18)	17-21 (19)	13-16 (14)	16-18 (16)