Barred sorubim[1]
Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Pseudoplatystoma
Species:
P. reticulatum
Binomial name
Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum

The barred sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum; Spanish: surubí atigrado[1]) is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Río de la Plata basin and Amazon basin in South America.[2][3] It reaches up to about 60 cm (2.0 ft) in length.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
  3. 1 2 Buitrago-Suárez, Uriel Angel & Brooks M. Burr (2007). "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1–38 (30-32).


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