Biology:Platynematichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Platynematichthys Bleeker, 1858 |
| Species: | P. notatus
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| Platynematichthys notatus (Jardine, 1841)
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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 Brachyplatystomatini. 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Platynematichthys notatus". PlanetCatfish. 19 July 2013. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=724. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ↑ "Platynematichthys notatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681788. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and 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)". Copeia 2005 (3): 492–516. doi:10.1643/CI-04-036R1. http://www.bioone.org/archive/0045-8511/2005/3/pdf/i0045-8511-2005-3-492.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q27082 entry
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