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Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae.The species are known by a number of different common names.They typically inhabit major rivers where they prefer the main channels and tend to stay at maximum depth, but some species can also be seen in lakes, flooded forests, and other freshwater habitats.
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum or barred sorubim or barred catfish is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Suriname, Corantijn and Essequibo. [1] The nocturnal predator feeds mainly on other fish and crabs. [2] Females reach a more notable size. They become sexually mature at 56 cm (22 in), males at 45 cm (18 in) [3] and this species ...
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 ...
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans. Drawing of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum. Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, the spotted sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the São Francisco and Paraná — Paraguay River basins in South America. This species grows to a length of 166 centimetres (65 in) TL.
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum. Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim, tiger shovelnose or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America. [2] The largest individuals of this species grows to 130 cm (51 in) in total length. [3][2] Although most specimens are smaller than this.
The family Pimelodidae has undergone much revision. Currently, it contains about 30 genera and about 90 recognized and known but unnamed species. [2] Wikipedia lists 109 species in this family. The low-eye catfish (previously family Hypophthalmidae), and thus the genus Hypophthalmus, which contains four species, was reclassified with the ...
P. magdaleniatum. Binomial name. Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum. Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007. Synonyms. Pseudoplatystoma garciamarquezi Royero, Buitrago-Suarez, Majica, Valderrama & Galvis, 2010[1] Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum, [2] the striped sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to South America. [3][4]
This fish is considered one of the "sorubimine" catfishes, an informal group of catfish that includes genera such as Sorubim, Pseudoplatystoma, and Brachyplatystoma. [2] This genus forms a monophyletic group with Sorubim, Sorubimichthys, Pseudoplatystoma, and Zungaro. Of these genera, Hemisorubim is most closely related to Pseudoplatystoma. [3]