Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
Valenciennes, 1840
(Type species)
Synonyms
Atero
bagre atero
Bagre blanco pobre
Bagrus piramuta
Bagrus reticulatus
Brachyplatystoma parnahybae
Joroboto
Laulao
Manitoa
Mulher-ingrata
Pira-botão
Piramuta-Antennenwels
Piramutana piramuta
Platystoma vaillantii
Silurus vaillantii?
bagre atero
Bagre blanco pobre
Bagrus piramuta
Bagrus reticulatus
Brachyplatystoma parnahybae
Joroboto
Laulao
Manitoa
Mulher-ingrata
Pira-botão
Piramuta-Antennenwels
Piramutana piramuta
Platystoma vaillantii
Silurus vaillantii?
Length (total)
approx. 130 cm
Standard length (documented)
1,050.0 mm
Recommended tank size
600 cm
Weight
20.000 kg
pH
6.0 - 8.0
➀ Amazonas = rio Solimões -, ➀ río Orinoco basin, lower ➀ rio Xingu, lower ➀ rio Madeira, lower ➀ río Mamoré, lower ➀ río Guaporé = río Iténez, lower ➀ rio Trombetas, lower ➀ rio Negro, lower ➀ río Napo, lower ➀ río Ucayali, lower ➀ río Marañón, lower ➀ rio Tocantins, lower río Cusiana
große Ströme unterhalb der ersten Stromschnellen
große Ströme unterhalb der ersten Stromschnellen
Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Pará (BRA), Rondônia, Beni, Loreto, Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Bolívar (VEN), Anzoátegui, Casanare
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela
˜[ -3.141,-59.910 ]
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water, Brackish water
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iii - iv / 10 rays
17 soft rays
I / 6 rays
straight
9 soft rays
5 - 6 soft rays
iii - iv / 10 rays
17 soft rays
I / 6 rays
straight
9 soft rays
5 - 6 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
29/January/2022
- 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 )
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 15, P. 21)
- 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)
- Marceniuk, A.P.; Caires, R.; Rotundo, M.M.; Alcântara, R.A.K. de & Wosiacki, W.B., 2017 "The icthyofauna (Teleostei) of the Rio Caeté estuary, northeast Pará, Brazil, with a species identification key from northern Brazilian coast" (Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 39)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 80)
- Formiga, K.M.; Batista, J.da Silva & Alves-Gomes, J.A., 2021 "The most important fishery resource in the Amazon, the migratory catfish Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), is composed by an unique and genetically diverse population in the Solimões-Amazonas River System" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 19 No. 1)
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