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Pseudoplatystoma
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Pseudoplatystoma

Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae. The species are known by a number of different common names. They typically inhabit major rivers where they prefer the main channels and tend to stay at maximum depth, but some species can also be seen in lakes, flooded forests, and other freshwater habitats. They have robust bodies, and are important food fish.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Spotted Sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma corruscans

Spotted Tiger Sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma punctifer

Tiger Sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma tigrinum

barred sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma fasciatum

Orinoco Sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma orinocoense

Magdalena Sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum

Reticulated Sorubim

speciesPseudoplatystoma reticulatum

Pseudoplatystoma metaense

speciesPseudoplatystoma metaense

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91494.