Brachyplatystoma filamentosum

Lichtenstein, 1819
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum aus Peru
 
Family
 
Group
Synonyms
Pimelodus filamentosus
has Brachyplatystoma goeldii
has Piratinga piraaiba
has Platystoma affine
has Platystoma gigas
Sorubimichthys gigas
burrote
Goliath Catfish
Kumakuma
Lau-Lau
laulao
Oru
Piraiba
Piraiba (Brasilien)
Pirananbu
Piratinga
Riesenantennenwels
Tiger-Antennenwels
Valentón
Length (total)
approx.  350 cm
Weight
200.000 kg

Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA)

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Suriname, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina?

˜[ -3.196,-59.910 ]
Map to Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
present
13 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 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
last seen on a
german stock list
07/March/2019
  • Lichtenstein, M.H.C., 1819 "Ueber einige neue Arten von Fischen aus der Gattung Silurus" (Zoologisches Magazin) P. 57
  • Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 434
Pic. 2: Brachyplatystoma filamentosum aus Peru
Pic. 3: Brachyplatystoma filamentosum aus Peru
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