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Scientific Name	**Pseudoplatystoma orinocoense** Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007
Common Name
Type Locality	Near mouth of El Caujavito River, tributary of Orinoco River, southeast of Cajarote, 7°41'N, 66°21'W, State of Guarico, Venezuela.
Pronunciation	SUE doh plah tee stow mah
Etymology	(Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth. The specific epithet, orinocoense, refers to the Orinoco River, Venezuela, the drainage in which this species is endemic.
Species Information
Size	524mm or 20.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Orinoco River basin in Venezuela. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Carnivore feeding on a very mixed and varied diet including earthworms, whole prawns, mussels, fish fillets, floating sticks/pellets and catfish pellets. User data.
Furniture	Large, spacious tank with open space for night time cruising. A large shady bogwood root or pipe that the catfish can retreat to during the day is also required. Ensure the heater is in the open and not in a place where the catfish may try and hide. When larger a hide is not necessary.
Compatibility	Ideally suited to life with other large fish. These catfish are predatory and will eat smaller fish if hungry. Claimed by some to behave aggressively/territorially towards other catfish.
Suggested Tankmates	Other large catfish such as Oxydoras, Pterodoras and Megalodoras. Other fish should always be over half of its body length.
Breeding	Unreported in captivity although is commercially bred via egg stripping method which is often the source of fishes entering aquarium trade.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa No. 1512, pp 18, Figs. 19-20.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:21 (species record created: 2008 Jul 31 11:51)