Pseudoplatystoma punctifer
Castelnau, 1855
Synonyms
Gefleckter Tiger-Schaufelwels
Platystoma punctifer
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum brevifile
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum intermedium
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum nigricans
Spotted Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
Platystoma punctifer
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum brevifile
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum intermedium
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum nigricans
Spotted Tiger Shovelnose Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 140 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
10 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 6 rays
9 soft rays
5 soft rays
10 soft rays
14 soft rays
I / 6 rays
9 soft rays
5 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
29/January/2022
- 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
- Richter, Enrico: "Rico Richters Raritäten: Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Oktober/November 2018)
- Castelnau, Francis de, 1855 "Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de L'Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para" (Animaux nouveaux ou rares, Vol. 2, P. 40)
- Campos Telles, M.P. de; Collevatti, R.G.; Braga, R.; Guedes, L.B.S.; Castro, T.G.; Coasta, M.C.; Silva-Júnior, N.J.; Barthem, R.B. & Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., 2014 "Geographical genetics of Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855) (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) in the Amazon Basin" (Genetics and molecular research, Vol. 13 No. 2, P. 3656)
- 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)
- Silva Rôxo, V.B. da; Moron, S.E.; Ferreira, D.A. & Jorge, M.P.B., 2018 "Crude glycerol in the diets of the juveniles of Amazon catfish(female Pseudoplatystoma punctifer x male Leiarius marmoratus)" (International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology, Vol. 3 No. 5, P. 1640)
- 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)
- Armas, M.; Ortega, H.; García-Vasquez, A.; García-Dávila, C.; Vargas, G.; Nuñez, J.; Renno, J.-F. & Duponchelle, F., 2022 "Age validation and contrasted growth performances of Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in two river systems of the Western Amazon" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 20 No. 1)
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for the pictures
Flávio Lima (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
James Machado Bilce (CC BY-NC 3.0)
3
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