Platydoras costatus
| Platydoras costatus | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Genus: | Platydoras |
| Species: | P. costatus |
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| Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Platydoras costatus, the Raphael catfish, is a species of thorny catfish of the genus Platydoras widespread throughout northern South America down to Argentina.[1] Although long thought to be the striped raphael catfish, this is not the case; the striped raphael catfish is actually Platydoras armatulus.[2] This species grows to a length of 24.0 centimetres (9.4 in) SL.[1] This fish is a minor component of local fisheries and is also found in the aquarium trade.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Platydoras costatus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Piorski, Nivaldo M.; Garavello, Julio C.; Arce H., Mariangeles; Pérez, Mark H. Sabaj (2008). "Platydoras brachylecis, a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology 6 (3): 481–494. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000300021. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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