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
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
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
13 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
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
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
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
- Lucanus, Oliver: "Endlich wieder Aquarienfische aus Suriname"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni/Juli 2017 )
- Ramos, T.P.A.; Costa Ramos, R.T. da & Ramos, S.A.Q.A,, 2014 "Ichthyofauna of the Parnaíba river Basin, Northeastern Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 14 No. 1, P. 4)
- Hegg, J.C.; Giarrizzo, T. & Kennedy, B.P., 2015 "Diverse Early Life-History Strategies in Migratory Amazonian Catfish: Implications for Conservation and Management" (PlosOne)
- Never Brasil, L.M. das, 2016 "Isolamento E Caracterização De Locos Microssatélites E Sua Aplicação Na Identificação De Estoque Pesqueiro Da Piraíba - Brachyplatystoma Filamentosum – Pimelodidaesiluriformes"
- Melo, B.F.; Benine, R.C.; Britzke R., Gama, C.S. & Oliveira, C. , 2016 "An inventory of coastal freshwater fishes from Amapá highlighting the occurrence of eight new records for Brazil" (ZooKeys, 606, P. 134)
- 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)
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