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  • Notarius planiceps
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Scientific Name Notarius planiceps    (Steindachner, 1876)
Common Name
Type Locality Altata, (Pacific) Panama.
Synonym(s) Ariopsis planiceps, Arius planiceps, Aspistor planiceps, Galeichthys planiceps, Netuma planiceps, Tachisurus planiceps
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Size 600mm or 23.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Humeral process pointed, triangular to elongated, but never fan-shaped; three pairs of barbels present; fleshy furrow between posterior nostrils absent; fleshy groove in median depression of head absent; coarse to sharp granules or spinulations on anterior surface of head shield absent; gill rakers on rear surfaces of first two gill arches absent. Has yellow fins, the body colour varies from grey to brown with a yellowish hue.
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Distribution Central America: Pacific draining rivers and estuaries from Mexico to Panama.
Mexico Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Panama Pacific Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
El Salvador Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guatemala Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Pacific, Eastern Central Pacific, Panama Pacific Coast (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2007.
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.), pp 576 [26], Pl. 4.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 02 00:47 (species record created: 2009 Aug 22 13:29)