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)
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1888 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1 Ser. 2, P. 138)
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1889 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi II" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 Ser. 2, P. 31)
- Buitrago-Suárez, U.Á., 2006 "Anatomía comparada y evolución de las especies de Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Zoologia, Vol. 30 No. 114, P. 120)
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- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 342)
- Torrico,J.P.; Hubert,N.; Desmarais,E.; Duponchelle,F.; Nuñez Rodriguez,J.; Montoya-Burgos,J.; Garcia Davila,C.; Carvajal-Vallejos,F.M.; Grajales,A.A.; Bonhomme,F. & Renno,J.F., 2009 "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Pseudoplatystoma (Bleeker, 1862): Biogeographic and evolutionary implications" (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 51, P. 588)
- Stein de Luca, A., 2010 "Aspectos da reprodução e da alimentação de Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau,1855) (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) na bacia do rio Teles Pires, Alta Floresta- MT"
- Saulo-Machado, A.C.; Formiga, K.; Ortiz, M.F.; Sousa, A.; Alves-Gomes, J.A. & Batista, J., 2011 "Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the Amazonian catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Conservation Genetics Resources, Vol. 3 No. 2, P. 307)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- Fernández Méndez, C.; Castro-Ruiz, D.; García-Dávila, C.; Duponchelle, F.; Renno, J.F. & Núñez, J., 2012 "Adaptación, Crecimiento Y Supervivencia De Alevines De Doncellapseudoplatystoma Punctifer Al Consumo De Alimento Balanceado" (Folia Amazónica, Vol. 21 No. 1, P. 63)
- Machado, A.S.C., 2013 "Genética populacional do bagre amazônico Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) nas sub-bacias dos rios Madeira e Mamoré/Guaporé"
- Gisbert, E.; Moreira, C.; Castro-Ruiz, D.; Öztürk, S.; Fernández, C.; Gilles, S.; Nuñez, J.; Duponchelle, F.; Tello, S.; Renno, J.F.; García-Dávila, C. & Darias, M.J., 2014 "Histological development of the igestive system of the Amazonian pimelodid catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer" (Animal, Vol. 8 No. 11, P. 1765)
- 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)
- PCF
Many thanks to
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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