Classification / Names  				 
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				Teleostei (teleosts) > 
Siluriformes (Catfishes) > 
Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Platysilurus: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, silouros = a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: R Olalla (either Ramón or his brother Rosalino) is honoured. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
						
					Issue   
Generic placement under Duopalatinus in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883); and under Platysilurus in FB following Ferraris 2007 (Ref. 58032).
			
			
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Freshwater;  demersal. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  Ecuador.
				
				
			
			
				
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					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00281 - 0.01786), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  4.1   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resilience  (Ref. 
120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100). 
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