The estuarine sea catfish (Cathorops aguadulce), also known as the Aguadulce sea catfish,Common names of Cathorops aguadulce at www.fishbase.org. is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Seth Eugene Meek in 1904, originally under the genus Galeichthys.Meek, S. E. 1904 (23 Sept.) [ref. 2958] The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series v. 5: i-lxiii + 1-252, Pls. 1-17. It is a tropical fish which is known from Mexico to Guatemala, where it typically inhabits freshwater rivers, lagoons, and drainages, also sometimes dwelling in marine waters. It reaches a maximum standard length of .
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