Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Synonyms
Pintado
Platystoma corruscans
Platystoma orbignianus
Silurus macrocephalus
Sorubim caparary
Sorubim carapary
Spotted Shovelnose
Surubi (Argentinien, Uruguay)
Platystoma corruscans
Platystoma orbignianus
Silurus macrocephalus
Sorubim caparary
Sorubim carapary
Spotted Shovelnose
Surubi (Argentinien, Uruguay)
Length (total)
approx. 140 cm
Weight
100.000 kg
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Bahia, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
río Paraná → río de la Plata ⇒ Atlantic SE
[ -18.191,-45.254 ]
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
10 soft rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, round
7 soft rays
11 soft rays
6 soft rays
10 soft rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, round
7 soft rays
11 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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
10/February/2019
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 441
- Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L., 1829 "Selecta genera et species piscium : quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I." (Monachii, P. 26)
- Márquez, A. Torinho, J.L.; Errico, E. & Pereira, A.N., 2018 "Evaluating the presence of interspecific hybrids of the sorubims Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum in the middle and inferior Paraná and Uruguay rivers using genetic markers" (Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems)
- Pachla, L.A.; Hartmann, P.B.; Massaro,M.V.; Bastian, R.; Pelicice, F.M. & Reynalte-Tataje, D.A., 2020 "First record of the mating behavior of the spotted surubim Pseudoplatystoma corruscans in the Uruguay River" (abstract) (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Scarabotti, P.; Govezensky, T.; Bolcatto, P. & Barrio, R.A., 2020 "Universal model for the skin colouration patterns of neotropical catfishes of the genus Pseudoplatystoma" (Scientific Reports)
- Silva, M.J.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Carvalho, F.R.; Brito, M.F.G.; ramos, R.T.C.; Rosa, R.S.; Sánchez-Botero, J.I.; Novaes, J.L.C.; Costa, R.S. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2020 "Freshwater fish richness baseline from the São Francisco Interbasin Water Transfer Project in the Brazilian Semiarid" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4)
- Balboni, L.; Vargas, F. & Colautti, D., 2021 "Age and growth of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) at the confluence of the Paraná and Paraguay rivers" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 19 No. 2)
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for the pictures
Tiago Casarim Pessali (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Cláudio Dias Timm (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
3, 4
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