Platysilurus

Platysilurus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.

Platysilurus
Platysilurus mucosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Platysilurus
Haseman, 1911

Taxonomy

Platysilurus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Platysilurus malarmo Schultz, 1944
  • Platysilurus mucosus (Vaillant, 1880)
  • Platysilurus olallae (Orcés-V. (es), 1977)

Distribution

P. malarmo is distributed in the Lake Maracaibo basin. P. mucosus inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. P. olallae is found in Ecuador.[3]

Description

P. malarmo reaches 70 centimetres (28 in) SL.[4] P. mucosus grows to a length of at least 20 cm (7.9 in) SL.[5]

References
  1. Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 152: 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Platysilurus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Platysilurus malarmo" in FishBase. June 2007 version.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Platysilurus mucosus" in FishBase. June 2007 version.


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