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Scientific Name | Platysilurus mucosus (Vaillant, 1880) |
Common Name | |
Type Locality | Upper Amazon at Calderon, Brazil. |
Synonym(s) | Duopalatinus goeldii, Duoplatinus goeldii, Platysilurus barbatus, Platystoma mucosa, Platystomatichthys mucosus |
Etymology | (Greek)Platys=Flat + (Greek)siluros=a cat fish. This specific epithet literally means slimy(mucosus=slimy). |
Species Information | |
Size | 200mm or 7.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (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. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4, pp 151 [10]. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 5 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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Last Update | 2019 Oct 08 08:00 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00) |