Platysilurus

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Platysilurus
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Platysilurus mucosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Platysilurus
Haseman, 1911

Platysilurus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.

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Taxonomy

Platysilurus is classified under the " Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus , Duopalatinus , Cheirocerus , Iheringichthys , Bergiaria , Bagropsis , Parapimelodus , Platystomatichthys , and Propimelodus . [1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [2]

Distribution

P. malarmo is distributed in the Lake Maracaibo basin. P. mucosus inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. P. olallae is found in Ecuador. [3]

Description

P. malarmo reaches 70  centimetres (28  in) SL. [4] P. mucosus grows to a length of at least 20 cm (7.9 in) SL. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 152: 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   86213152.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Platysilurus in FishBase . February 2012 version.
  3. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Platysilurus malarmo" in FishBase . June 2007 version.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Platysilurus mucosus" in FishBase . June 2007 version.


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