Cetopsidium orientale

Cetopsidium orientale
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Cetopsidae
Subfamily: Cetopsinae
Genus: Cetopsidium
Species: C. orientale
Binomial name
Cetopsidium orientale
(Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)

Cetopsidium orientale is a species of whale catfish found in the coastal rivers of Suriname and French Guiana in the region from the Corantijn River along the border between Suriname and Guyana to the Oyapock-Oiapoque River along the French Guiana-Brazil border; it is likely this species is also occurs in the left bank tributaries to the Corantijn River draining from Guyana and the Oiapoque River in Brazil.

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