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Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Pseudoplatystoma: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Orinoco River basin in Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59362)
Vertebrae: 39 - 41. Can be differentiated by a combination of the following characters: well defined straight vertical bars along the side of body, longer than those of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum and Pseudoplatystoma punctifer; bars connecting to, or extending to, the dorsal region and continuing onto other side of body; vertical bars of anterior region straight and extending below dorsolateral dusky area; usually no spots below lateral line, some individuals with two or three spots; 39-41 vertebrae (Ref. 59362).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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