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
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- Tavares, G.C.; Queiroz, G.A. de; Netto Assis, G.B.; Leibowitz, M.P.; Teixeira, J.P.; Pereira Figueiredo, H.C. & Leal, C.A.C., 2018 "Disease outbreaks in farmed Amazon catfish (Leiarius marmoratus x Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) caused by Streptococcus agalactiae, S. iniae, and S. dysgalactiae" (Aquaculture, Vol. 495, P. 384)
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- PCF
Many thanks to
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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