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Scientific Name Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum  Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007
Common Name
Type Locality Soplaviento, town on the dique de Cartagena road to Calamar, Magdalena River, dept. Bolivar, Colombia.
Pronunciation SUE doh plah tee stow mah
Etymology (Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth. Named for the Magdalena River, Colombia, to which this species is endemic.
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Size 1000mm or 39.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Magdalena River drainage, including Cauca River in Colombia.
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014.
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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.
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Reference Zootaxa No. 1512, pp 27, Figs. 25, 26A.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 28 16:43 (species record created: 2008 Jul 31 11:50)