Platynematichthys

Platynematichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Pimelodidae
Genus:	Platynematichthys; Bleeker, 1858
Species:	P. notatus
Binomial name
	Platynematichthys notatus; (Jardine, 1841)
Synonyms
	Pimelodus notatus; Jardine, 1841; Bagrus nigropunctatus; Kner, 1858; Platypogon caerulorostris; Starks, 1913;

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Platynematichthys notatus, the coroatá or striped catfish, is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Platynematichthys of the family Pimelodidae.^[1]^[2] It is native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.^[3] In the Orinoco this distinctly spotted species reaches up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in standard length, but it reportedly only reaches about half that size in the Amazon.^[1]

Platynematichthys and its sister group Brachyplatystoma are the only genera in the tribe . These two genera are characterized by two synapomorphies; these include a gas bladder divided into an anterior portion and a triangular posterior portion, as well as a ventral crest under the cleithrum, the main bone supporting the pectoral fins.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Platynematichthys notatus". PlanetCatfish. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "Platynematichthys notatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Platynematichthys notatus" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
^ Lundberg, John G.; Akama, Alberto (2005). Buth, D. (ed.). "Brachyplatystoma capapretum: a New Species of Goliath Catfish from the Amazon Basin, with a Reclassification of Allied Catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (PDF). Copeia. 2005 (3): 492–516. doi:10.1643/CI-04-036R1.

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[PlanetCatfish-1] "Platynematichthys notatus". PlanetCatfish. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[2] "Platynematichthys notatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 26, 2007.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Platynematichthys notatus" in FishBase. February 2012 version.

[newsp-4] Lundberg, John G.; Akama, Alberto (2005). Buth, D. (ed.). "Brachyplatystoma capapretum: a New Species of Goliath Catfish from the Amazon Basin, with a Reclassification of Allied Catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (PDF). Copeia. 2005 (3): 492–516. doi:10.1643/CI-04-036R1.

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