Biology:Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum
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Short description: Species of fish
Tiger sorubim | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: | Pseudoplatystoma |
Species: | P. tigrinum
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840)[1]
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Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim, tiger shovelnose or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America.[2]
The largest individuals of this species grows to 130 cm (51 in) in total length.[3][2] Although most specimens are smaller than this.
References
- ↑ Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes (1840) Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Tome Quinzième. Suite du Livre Dix septième. Siluroïdes. Ch. Pitois, Paris, xxxi, p.p. 10-11, pls. 422.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Buitrago-Suárez, Uriel Angel & Brooks M. Burr (2007). "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1–38 (30-32).
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q958042 entry
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