Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans | |
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Drawing of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: | Pseudoplatystoma |
Species: | P. corruscans
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans | |
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Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, the spotted sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the São Francisco and Paraná—Paraguay River basins in South America. This species grows to a length of 166 centimetres (65 in) TL.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pseudoplatystoma corruscans" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Categories:
- Pimelodidae
- Fish of South America
- Fish of Argentina
- Fish of Brazil
- Fish of Paraguay
- Fish of Uruguay
- Fish described in 1829
- Siluriformes stubs