Megalonema platanum
Günther, 1880
Synonyms
Bagre blanco
Pimelodus platanus
Rubita
Virreina
Pimelodus platanus
Rubita
Virreina
Length (total)
approx. 50 cm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Weight
0.387 kg
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
12 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
12 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
12/February/2019
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 437
- Günther, A., 1880 "A contribution to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the Rio de la Plata" (The Annals and magazine of natural history, Vol. 6 Ser. 5, P. 10)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 335)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 420)
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 82)
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