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Scientific Name | Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819) |
Common Names | Piraiba (Brazilian) Kæmpe-spademalle (Denmark), Kumakuma, Tiger-Antennenwels (Germany) |
Type Locality | Brazil. |
Synonym(s) | Brachyplatystoma goeldii, Pimelodus filamentosus, Piratinga piraaiba, Platystoma affine, Platystoma gigas, Sorubimichthys gigas |
Etymology | Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
Species Information | |
Size | 3600mm or 141.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Identification | Absence of membrane connecting the two pairs of nares identifies this species from all congeners except B. vaillantii. B. vaillantii has much longer adipose fin than this species. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of the Guianas and northeastern Brazil. Reported from Argentina. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
Temperature | 23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show species within this range) |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann) 1819, v. 1 (pt 3), pp 60. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 8 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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Last Update | 2020 Sep 23 12:50 (species record created: 2001 May 08 00:00) |