Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
Castelnau, 1855
Synonyms
Bagre dorado
Bagrus goliath
Bagrus rousseauxii
Brachyplatystoma flavicans
Brachyplatystoma paraense
dorado
Dourada (BRA)
Dourada (Brasilien)
Gilded Catfish
Goliath catfish
Oru
parcho
Pirá moeii
Platin-Spatelwels
Bagrus goliath
Bagrus rousseauxii
Brachyplatystoma flavicans
Brachyplatystoma paraense
dorado
Dourada (BRA)
Dourada (Brasilien)
Gilded Catfish
Goliath catfish
Oru
parcho
Pirá moeii
Platin-Spatelwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 220 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
11 - 12 soft rays
I / 6 rays
5 soft rays
11 - 12 soft rays
I / 6 rays
5 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
16/September/2021
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 435
- Lucanus, Oliver: "Endlich wieder Aquarienfische aus Suriname"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2017 )
- Castelnau, Francis de, 1855 "Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de L'Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para" (Animaux nouveaux ou rares, Vol. 2, P. 32)
- Hegg, J.C.; Giarrizzo, T. & Kennedy, B.P., 2015 "Diverse Early Life-History Strategies in Migratory Amazonian Catfish: Implications for Conservation and Management" (PlosOne)
- Barthem, R.B.; Goulding, M.; Leite, R.G.; Cañas, C.; Forsberg, B.; Vnticinque, E.; Petry, P.; Ribeiro, M.L. de; Chuctaya, J. & Mercado, A., 2017 "Goliath catfish spawning in the far western Amazon confirmed by the distribution of mature adults, drifting larvae and migrating juveniles" (Scientific Reports, Vol 7)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 92)
- Dias, R.M.; Oliveira, A.G.; Rauber, R.G.; Valencia, M.A.A.; Agosthinho, A.A. & Barthem, R.B. , 2018 "Ecology of the Goliath catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castelnau 1855)" (Laboratório de Ictiologia UEM)
- Hauser, D.; Melo, S.; Ayala, N.; Amadio, F.; Torrente-Vilara, G., García-Vásquez, Á.; Renno, J.-F.; Carvajal-Vllejos, F.M., Nuñez, J. & Duponchelle, F., 2018 "Age and growth of the Amazonian migratory catfish Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii in the Madeira River basin before the construction of damsl" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 1)
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