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Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt, 1821)

Gilded catfish
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Brazil country information

Common names: Bagre sapo, Brecumbucu, Dourada
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Ferreira, E.J.G., J. Zuanon and G.M. dos Santos, 1996
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: During the rainy season, this fish accounts for 30% of all the fish caught in certain fishing areas (Ref. 35381). Regarded as threatened in the state of Minas Gerais (Ref. 26603). Also Ref. 81048.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Zungaro: Native name Zungaro, applied to many large Pimelodids (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

; zoet water demersaal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.2; dH range: ? - 18; potamodroom (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)

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