Klassifizierung / Names
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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Pseudoplatystoma: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Issue
We believe based on the original description, plate, and locality that Platystoma truncatum is a synonym of Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum. We have retained the younger name P. tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840) for purposes of stability, there has been virtually no use of P. truncatum since its original description, thus we treat it as a Nomen oblitum. For reproductive biology and ecology, see Loubens and Panfili (2000).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser; brackwasser demersal; pH range: 6.2 - 7.2; dH range: ? - 20; potamodrom (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)
South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?, range 99 - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 35381); max. veröff. Gewicht: 17.0 kg (Ref. 35381); max. veröff. Alter: 18 Jahre (Ref. 34213)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Occurs in estuarine zones, mainly upstream of the first rapids up to the basin's headwaters. Nocturnal species which lives in the main bed of slow or fast zones, as well as in the flooded forests, particularly the juveniles., Opportunistic, piscivorous fish which may feed on crabs and shrimps. At the end of the dry season, they can migrate at the same time as their prey, then return at the end of the rainy season (Ref. 35381). Most important catfish in gill-net fisheries of Guaporé and Mamoré rivers.
Le Bail, P.-Y., P. Keith and P. Planquette, 2000. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 2, Fascicule II: Siluriformes. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 43(II): 307p. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Ref. 35381)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja; Aquarium: Öffentliche Aquarien
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
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 (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (tm=5-8; tmax=18).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (57 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 39.1 [14.8, 139.0] mg/100g; Iron = 1.57 [0.51, 3.65] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.9, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.152 [0.087, 0.265] g/100g; Selenium = 62.5 [32.3, 128.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.9 [7.5, 44.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.759 [0.539, 1.075] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
