Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Brachyplatystoma |
| Species: | B. tigrinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981)
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Brachyplatystoma tigrinum, the zebra shovelnose, or tigerstriped catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru.[1][2]
Distribution
The fish is recorded from Upper Amazon basin, Cachoeira do Teotônio, northwestern Brazil as well as Caquetá, and Putomayo basins in Colombia and Ucayali and Marañon watersheds in Peru.[2]
Description
It grows to a length of 500 mm.[1] Head elongate and compressed. Upper and lower caudal filaments. The coloration is sometimes confused with B. juruense, but strips are continuous other than divided and has a longer upper jaw.[2] Body is yellow to almost white base colour to the body with black stripes.[3]
Ecology
The fish inhabits white-colored water with a high proportion of dissolved solids, low transparency, high dissolved oxygen.[4]
It is entirely piscivorous.[2][4]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum". FishBase. June 2020 version.
- ^ a b c d "Cat-eLog - Pimelodidae - Brachyplatystoma tigrinum". Planet Catfish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981)". scotcat. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ^ a b "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (BRITSKI, 1981) - Zebra Shovelnose". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.