Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoplatystoma |
| Species: | P. tigrinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840)[1] | |
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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.
- 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.
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