Sorubim lima

Bloch & Schneider, 1801

(Type species)
Sorubim lima
lima (lat.) - Feile
 
Family
 
Group
 
Genus
Synonyms
cabo de hacha
charuto
Chiripira
Chucharón
Duck-beak Catfish
Duckbill Catfish
Hockey Stick Catfish
Jima aka
Jurupensém
Lima Shovelnose
Lsn (Abkürzung)
Paleta
Pico de pato
Platystoma lima
Platystoma luceri
Silurus lima
Sorubim infraoculare
Sorubim latirostris
Spatelwels
Length (total)
approx.  60 cm
Standard length (documented)
423.0 mm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
pH
6.0 - 7.5

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay

Atlantic SE, Atlantic NE

˜[ -15.095,-48.301 ]
Map to Sorubim lima
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
insects, fishes
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
present
(19 -) 20 - 21 (- 22) soft rays
8 + 8-13 soft rays
II / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) soft rays
6 soft rays
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
29/January/2022
  • Weyenbergh, H., 1877 "Algunos nuevos pescados del Museo Nacional, y algunas noticias ictiológicas" (Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires) P. 10
  • Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1920 "Peixes (excl. Characinidae)" (Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas) P. 14
Pic. 2: Sorubim lima
Pic. 3: Surubim lima, Peru
Pic. 4: Sorubim lima
Pic. 5: Surubim lima, Guyana
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Sitron (GFDL)
1, 2
Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
3
Devya Hemraj
5
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