Pseudoplatystoma punctifer
Spotted tiger shovelnose Catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: | Pseudoplatystoma |
Species: | P. punctifer
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855)[1]
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Pseudoplatystoma punctifer or spotted tiger shovelnose catfish[2] is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon basin, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[3]
This species reaches a maximum of 140 cm (55 in) in total length; 37–40 vertebrae.[3]
References[]
- ^ Castelnau, Francis L. (1855) "Poissons". In: Animaux Nouveaux or Rares Recueillis Pendant l’Expédition dans les Parties Centrales de l’Amérique du Sud de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; Exécutée par ordre du Gouvernment Français Pendant les Années 1843 a 1847, Part 7, Zoology 2, i–xii + 1–112, 50 pls.
- ^ PlanetCatfish. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b Buitrago–Suárez, Uriel Angel and Brooks M. Burr (2007) "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1-38 (21-24).
Categories:
- Pimelodidae
- Fish of Bolivia
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Freshwater fish of Colombia
- Freshwater fish of Peru
- Fish of Venezuela
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fish described in 1855
- Siluriformes stubs