Cetopsidium orientale

Cetopsidium orientale is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cetopsidae, the whale catfishes.^[2] This fish is 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.^[1]

Cetopsidium orientale
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Cetopsidae
Genus:	Cetopsidium
Species:	C. orientale
Binomial name
Cetopsidium orientale (Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Pseudocetopsis orientale Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003