elongatus (lat.) - extended; because of the long head and body
Synonyms
Cuchareto
Length (total)
approx. 35 cm
Standard length (documented)
289.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Loreto, Apure, Amazonas
Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
caño Moena → río Itaya | río Orosa ⇒ Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓
río Cinaruco → río Orinoco → Caribic
[ -3.772,-73.238 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
(20 -) 21 - 23 (- 25) soft rays
8 + 8-13 soft rays
II / 6 rays
(7 -) 8 (- 9) soft rays
5 soft rays
(20 -) 21 - 23 (- 25) soft rays
8 + 8-13 soft rays
II / 6 rays
(7 -) 8 (- 9) soft rays
5 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
- 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
- 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. 1)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 300)
- 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. 18)
- 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. 94)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
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