Pseudoplatystoma punctifer

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]

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
Binomial name
Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Platystoma punctifer Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum punctifer Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum intermedium Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum brevifile Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum nigricans

This species reaches a maximum of 140 cm (55 in) in total length; 37–40 vertebrae.[3]

References

1. 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.
2. PlanetCatfish. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
3. 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).