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Pterodoras granulosus, Granulated catfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821)

Granulated catfish
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Doradidae (Thorny catfishes) > Doradinae
Etymology: Pterodoras: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + Greek, doras = skin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Specimens from Guyana and Suriname tentatively referred to P. granulosus. Species-level distinctiveness of Paraná and Amazonas Pterodoras not investigated.

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

; agua dulce demersal; pH range: 7.5 - ?; potamodromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)

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South America: Amazon and Paraná River basins and coastal drainages in Guyana and Suriname.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 25.4, range 64 - ? cm
Max length : 68.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125983); 90.1 cm SL (female); peso máximo publicado: 7.5 kg (Ref. 125983); peso máximo publicado: 7.5 kg

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Nocturnal predator. Occurs in small groups. Feeds mainly on the fruits of Astrocaryum javary (Ref. 9084).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2003. Doradidae (Thorny catfishes). p. 456-469. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 37054)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 August 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01799 - 0.03055), b=2.97 (2.89 - 3.05), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  2.6   ±0.29 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 6.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.18).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (55 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 56.6 [28.9, 133.9] mg/100g; Iron = 1.37 [0.78, 2.37] mg/100g; Protein = 17.6 [16.4, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.561 [0.217, 1.476] g/100g; Selenium = 34.3 [14.6, 75.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.2 [5.2, 42.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.1 [0.7, 1.6] mg/100g (wet weight);


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