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Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Pseudoplatystoma: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335); metaense: The specific name refers to the type locality, Meta River, a tributary of the Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela.
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range					
						بوم شناسي					
				
				
				
					; آب شيرين نزديك كف زي. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  Orinoco River in Colombia and Venezuela.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / سن
				
				
				
					بلوغ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 55.9 cm SL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 59362)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					توصيف مختصر					
					كليدهاي شناسايي | ريخت شناسي | ريخت ستجي بوسيله انداره گيري					
				
				
				
					مهره ها: 35. Can be diagnosed by a combination of the following characters:  dark spots randomly distributed over dusky region on body; side of body with few (no more than 5) straight dark vertical bars; 2 or 3 loop-like bars; adipose fin with 5-7 spots; surrounding areas over dorsal procurrent caudal rays with 5-8 spots; 35 vertebrae; and pectoral and pelvic fins pale with no dusky pigmentation (Ref. 59362).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | تخم ها | Fecundity | توزاد ( لارو)				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Buitrago-Suárez, U.A. and B.M. Burr, 2007. Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species. Zootaxa 1512:1-38. (Ref. 59362)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					خطر برای انسان ها  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (مرجع 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00278 - 0.01246), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (مرجع 
69278):  4.2   ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						جهندگی  (مرجع 
120179):  متوسط, كمينه زمان لازم براي دو برابر شدن جمعيت 4/1 – 4/4 سال (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100). 
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