Cathorops wayuu

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Cathorops wayuu SI.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Carpenter, K.E. (2015). Cathorops wayuu. The IUCN Red List of Threatened {{doi|10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T47140113A47461241.en}}

| taxon = Cathorops wayuu

| authority = Betancur-R., Acero P & Marceniuk, 2012

| range_map = Cathorops wayuu range.png

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Cathorops wayuu, the Wayuu sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish. It is found in shallow coastal and estuarine waters from Camarones in Colombia to the Gulf of Paria in Venezuela. Maximum recorded body length is 31.4 cm.