Pseudoplatystoma punctifer

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Pseudoplatystoma
Species:
P. punctifer
Binomial name
Pseudoplatystoma punctifer
(Castelnau, 1855) [1]
Synonyms
  • Platystoma punctifer
  • Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum punctifer
  • Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum intermedium
  • Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum brevifile
  • Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum nigricans

Pseudoplatystoma punctifer or spotted tiger shovelnose catfish [2] is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon basin, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. [3] It is a commercially farmed species, and it is difficult to harvest as it appears to be highly selective with its diet [4] and exhibits cannibalistic behaviors. Other behaviors and developmental patterns vary based on both diet as well as parental behaviors that influence the organisms development from the Larval stage. [5]

This species reaches a maximum of 140 cm (55 in) in total length; 37–40 vertebrae. [3]

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References

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