''Cathorops tuyra'', the Besudo sea catfish, is a species of

sea catfish The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species. Taxono ...

. It is found in shallow coastal and estuarine waters of the eastern Pacific from

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

to southern Peru. Maximum recorded body length is 29 cm.

References

Ariidae Fish described in 1923 Taxa named by Seth Eugene Meek Taxa named by Samuel Frederick Hildebrand {{Ariidae-stub