according to the origin río Orinoco
Synonyms
Bagre rayado cabezón
bagre rayado matafraile
cabezona
Jomakaba tobe
mokababa tobe
tongo
tumame
bagre rayado matafraile
cabezona
Jomakaba tobe
mokababa tobe
tongo
tumame
Length (total)
approx. 70 cm
Standard length (documented)
524.2 mm
Recommended tank size
400 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
dark dots
dark dots
not known
- Richter, Enrico: "Rico Richters Raritäten: Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober/November 2018)
- Buitrago–Ssárez, U.A. & Burr, B.M., 2007 "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1512, P. 1)
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- Alcalá, C.A.L. & Sánchez-Duarte, P., 2011 "Los Peces del delta del Orinoco" (Fundaciión la Salle de Ciencas Naturales, P. 230)
- Nirchio,M.; Mujica, A.; Oliveira, C.; Granado, A.; Mora, J.; Hett, A.K.; Rossi, A.R. & Sola, L., 2013 "Pseudoplatystoma metaense and P. orinocoense (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Orinoco basin, Venezuela: cytogenetic and molecular analyses" (Italian Journal of Zoology, Vol. 80 No. 4)
- Zamudio, J.; Urbano-Bonilla,A.; Preciado-Silva,V.; Rodríguez- Cubillos,D. & Herrera-Collazos,E.E., 2017 "Ichthyofauna of piedmont and savannah environments in the Casanare River drainage, Orinoco Basin, Colombia" (Biota Colombiana, Vol. 18 No. 2, P. 199)
- 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)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 80)
- 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)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
- PCF