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Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766)

Barred sorubim
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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Pseudoplatystoma: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Considered as species inquirenda by some authors. Junior synonym Platystoma punctifer (Buitrago-Suárez, 2006:120) is considered valid by Buitrago-Suárez & Burr, 2007 (Ref. 59362). This species record will be modified.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce demersale; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 4 - 30; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 5 - ? m. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672); 8°N - 11°S

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South America: Amazon, Corantijn, Essequibo, Orinoco and Paraná River basins.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 53 - ? cm
Max length : 105 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 111728); peso massimo pubblicato: 70.0 kg (Ref. 35381)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs throughout the principal riverbeds and sometimes in the flooded areas of forests. Its biology is similar to that of P. tigrinum but it appears to be more fond of shady streams. Feeds at night on fish (loricariids, cichlids and characoids) as well as crabs (Ref. 6868). Confines its foraging activities to riverbeds. Its yellowish flesh is succulent and like that of other silurids, it is without bones (Ref. 27188). Females reach a more notable size. They become sexually mature at 56 cm, males at 45 cm. Fecundity is estimated at 8 million eggs per kg (Ref. 35381). Utilized for human consumption. See Loubens and Panfili, 2000 (Ref. 34213) for reproductive biology and ecology.

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003. Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes). p. 432-446. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36506)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 January 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; Acquario: Acquari pubblici
FAO - Aquaculture systems: production; ; Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00501 - 0.01259), b=3.06 (2.93 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.78 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.31-0.47; tm=3-5; Tmax=8.7).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.1 [16.2, 135.9] mg/100g; Iron = 2.28 [0.77, 5.23] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.6, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.443 [0.172, 1.148] g/100g; Selenium = 85.6 [34.3, 188.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 33.3 [10.0, 109.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.937 [0.615, 1.398] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.