Platysilurus
| Platysilurus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Platysilurus Haseman, 1911 |
Platysilurus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.
Taxonomy
Platysilurus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [2]
- Platysilurus malarmo Schultz, 1944
- Platysilurus mucosus (Vaillant, 1880)
- Platysilurus olallae (Orcés-V. (es), 1977)
Distribution
P. malarmo is distributed in the Lake Maracaibo basin. P. mucosus inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. P. olallae is found in Ecuador.[3]
Description
P. malarmo reaches 70 centimetres (28 in) SL.[4] P. mucosus grows to a length of at least 20 cm (7.9 in) SL.[5]
References
- ↑ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 152: 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Platysilurus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Platysilurus malarmo" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Platysilurus mucosus" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
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