Calophysus macropterus
Lichtenstein, 1819
(Type species)
Synonyms
Mapuro (COL)
Bagre Machete (Venezuela)
Bagre mapurite
come muerto
Gefleckter Silberantennenwels
Mapurite (Venezuela)
Pimeletropis lateralis
Pimelodes macropterus
Pimelodus ctenodus
Pintadinho (Brasilien)
Piracatinga (Brasilien)
Pirate Catfish
Toritori
Vulture Catfish
Zamurito (Venezuela)
Bagre Machete (Venezuela)
Bagre mapurite
come muerto
Gefleckter Silberantennenwels
Mapurite (Venezuela)
Pimeletropis lateralis
Pimelodes macropterus
Pimelodus ctenodus
Pintadinho (Brasilien)
Piracatinga (Brasilien)
Pirate Catfish
Toritori
Vulture Catfish
Zamurito (Venezuela)
Length (total)
approx. 65 cm
Recommended tank size
400 cm
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN) Loreto, Napo, Beni,Pará (BRA)
Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
río Mamoré | igarapé Cuniã ⇒ rio Madeira → Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓ Caribic ↓
˜[ -3.131,-59.810 ]
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
fishes, vegetable fibers, cancer (Crustacea), insects
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iv / 8 - 9 rays
16 - 19 soft rays
I / 6 rays
12 - 14 soft rays
7 soft rays
iv / 8 - 9 rays
16 - 19 soft rays
I / 6 rays
12 - 14 soft rays
7 soft rays
River dolphin meat is used as bait for fishing
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
24/December/2021
- 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. 435
- Grant, S., 2019 "Pinirampus argentina (MacDonagh, 1938) the black finned pim" (Journal of the Catfish Study Group) P. 16
- García, A.; Ruíz, L.; Vargas, G.; Sánchéz, H.; Tello, S. & Duponchelle, F., 2017 "Alimentación Natural De La Mota Calophysus Macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819), En Ambientes De La Amazonía Peruana" (Folia Amazónica, Vol. 26 No. 1, P. 29)
- Beltrão, H.; Porto Braga, T.M. & Benzaken, Z., 2017 "Alternative bait usage during the piracatinga (Calophysus macropterus) fishery in the Manacapuru region, located at the lower Solimões-Amazonas River, Amazon basin, Brazil" (Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 194)
- 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)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
- Bonilla-Castillo, C.A.; Vasquez, A.G.; Córdoba, E.A.; Hurtado, G.G.; Vargas, G. & Duponchelle, F., 2022 "Life history trait variations and population dynamics of Calophysus macropterus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in two river systems of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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