in honor of Alexander von Humboldt
Synonyms
Alexanders Breitmaulwels
Pacamã (BRA)
Pacman Catfish
Pseudopimelodus agassizi
Silurus muticus
Pacamã (BRA)
Pacman Catfish
Pseudopimelodus agassizi
Silurus muticus
vulnerable
Length (total)
approx. 90 cm
Recommended tank size
400 cm
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Amazonas Nr. 44
 
long
11 soft rays
I / 6 rays
greatly convex
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
11 soft rays
I / 6 rays
greatly convex
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Chang, I., 2012 "Gelungene Nachzucht beim Breitmaulwels Lophiosilurus alexandri" (Amazonas)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Über einige neue Fischarten, insbesondere Characinen und Siluroiden aus dem Amazonenstrome" (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 74, P. 154)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 353)
- Guimarães de Mello,G.C.; Santos,J. E. dos; Guimarães-Cruz,R.C.; Godinho,A.L.; Pereira Godinho, H., 2015 "Allometric larval growth of the bottom-dwelling catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 4)
- Assega, F.M.; Birindelli, J.L.O.; Bialetzki, A. & Shibatta, O.A., 2016 "External Morphology of Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 during Early Stages of Development, and Its Implications for the Evolution of Pseudopimelodidae (Siluriformes)" (PlosOne, Vol. 11 No. 4)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 223)
- Boaventura, T.P.; Gil, V.S.B.; Gil, C.; Peres, A.M. & Kennedy, L.R., 2019 "An external tag for fish: tagging effects in different fish size classes and its influence on growth performance and hematology of Lophiosilurus alexandri (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 17 No. 1)
- 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)
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for the pictures
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Steindachner, Franz (PD)
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