Platystomatichthys
Appearance
Sturgeon catfish | |
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specimen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: | Platystomatichthys Bleeker, 1862 |
Species: | P. sturio
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Binomial name | |
Platystomatichthys sturio (Kner, 1858)
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Synonyms | |
Platystoma sturio |
Platystomatichthys sturio is the only species in the genus Platystomatichthys of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Pimelodidae.[1] It is sometimes called the sturgeon catfish.[2] This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and reaches a length of about 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) TL.[3] Platystomatichthys 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, Platysilurus, and Propimelodus.[4]
References
- ^ "Platystomatichthys sturio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
- ^ Axelrod, Herbert R.; Emmens, C.; Burgess, W.; Pronek, N. (1996). Exotic Tropical Fishes. T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-87666-543-1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Platystomatichthys sturio" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ 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 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86213152.