Biology:Platystomatichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Platystomatichthys Bleeker, 1862 |
| Species: | P. sturio
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| Platystomatichthys sturio (Kner, 1858)
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Platystoma sturio | |
Platystomatichthys sturio is the only species in the genus Platystomatichthys of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Pimelodidae.[1] It is sometimes called the sturgeon catfish.[2] This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and reaches a length of about 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) TL.[3] Platystomatichthys is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, and Propimelodus.[4]
References
- ↑ "Platystomatichthys sturio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681791. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
- ↑ Axelrod, Herbert R.; Emmens, C.; Burgess, W.; Pronek, N. (1996). Exotic Tropical Fishes. T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-87666-543-1.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Platystomatichthys sturio" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO2.0.CO;2]. http://www.bioone.org/archive/0097-3157/152/1/pdf/i0097-3157-152-1-75.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q26938 entry
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