Sorubim trigonocephalus
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
trigano (lat.) - triangular, cephalus (lat.) - head
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 60 cm
Standard length (documented)
507.0 mm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Weight
1.300 kg
Amazonas (BRA), Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA)
Brazil
rio Ronuro ⇒ rio Xingu || rio Juruena | rio Teles Pires ⇒ rio Tapajós ⇒⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE
[ -14.078,-56.298 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
19 - 22 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
9 soft rays
6 soft rays
19 - 22 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
9 soft rays
6 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
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1920 "Peixes (excl. Characinidae)" (Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas) P. 1
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 442
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1953 "Tipos das espécies e subespécies do Prof. Alipio de Míranda Ribeiro depositados no Museu Nacional" (Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 42, P. 404)
- Littmann, Michael W.; Burr, Brooks M.; Nass, Pedro, 2000 "Sorubim cuspicaudus, a new long-whiskered catfish from northwestern South America (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae)" (Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 113 No. 4, P. 902)
- Littmann, M.W.; Burr, B.M.; Schmidt, R.E. & Isern, E.R., 2001 "Sorubim elongatus, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from tropical South America syntopic with S. lima" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 12 No. 1, P. 2)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 342)
- Littmann, M.W., 2007 "Systematic review of the neotropical shovelnose catfish genus Sorubim Cuvier (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1422, P. 16)
- Oliveira Schuingues, C. de; Lima, M.G. de; Lima, A.R.; Santos Martis, D. dos & Medeiros Costa, G. de, 2013 "Anatomy of the buccopharyngea cavity of Sorubim trigonocephalus (Siluriformes, Osteichthyes)" (Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, Vol. 33 No. 10, P. 1256)
- Ohara, W.M. & Neuhaus, E., 2016 "On the type locality of Sorubim trigonocephalus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4137 No. 2, P. 291)
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