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    Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae. The species are known by a number of different common names...
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    Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim, tiger shovelnose or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America...
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    Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum or barred sorubim or barred catfish is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Suriname, Corantijn and Essequibo....
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    Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, the spotted sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the São Francisco and Paraná—Paraguay River basins in...
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  • Porthole shovelnose catfish Predatory carp Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum Pumpkinseed Rainbow trout Red-bellied...
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    Pseudoplatystoma punctifer or spotted tiger shovelnose catfish is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon basin, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia...
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    The barred sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum; Spanish: surubí atigrado) is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Río de la Plata basin...
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  • Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum, the striped sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to South America. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds...
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    blue whiting, ling and tusk. In South America, catfish of the genera Pseudoplatystoma are used to produce a salted, dried and frozen product typically sold...
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    The redtail catfish has been hybridized with other fish, such as the Pseudoplatystoma or Tiger Shovelnose Catfish, through the use of hormones, in attempts...
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    through the oviduct. Many catfish are cystovarian in type, including Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, P. fasciatum, Lophiosilurus alexandri, and Loricaria lentiginosa...
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    strongly ornamented pectoral spines. Other large pimelodids, such as Pseudoplatystoma, Sorubim, and Sorubimichthys, whose young inhabit vegetated, marginal...
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  • missile. Featured animals Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Tiger sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum) Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) Black pacu (Colossoma macropomum)...
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    as Sorubim, Pseudoplatystoma, and Brachyplatystoma. This genus forms a monophyletic group with Sorubim, Sorubimichthys, Pseudoplatystoma, and Zungaro...
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    up the Paraguay River to spawn, including Prochilodus lineatus and Pseudoplatystoma corruscans. Unsurprisingly many species in the river are essentially...
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    Myloplus spp., Mylossoma spp., Hydrolycus sp., Cichla sp., surubí (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum), catfishes (Brachyplatystoma spp.), piranhas (Serrasalmus...
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  • Platystomatichthys sturio 40 cm (16 in) Barred sorubim Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum 104 cm (41 in) Tiger sorubim Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum 130 cm (51 in) Firewood catfish...
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    Pimelodus blochii, Potamotrygon magdalenae, Prochilodus magdalenae, Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum and Salminus affinis. About 55% of the fish species in...
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    bermudensis Y Y Barred hamlet Hypoplectrus puella Y Y Barred sorubim Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum Y Y Barrelfish Hyperoglyphe perciformis Y Y Basking shark...
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  • Spotted sorubim Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, a catfish-like species of South American rivers (less often:) tiger sorubim Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, known...
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    significantly older. The site is also well known as the habitat of Pseudoplatystoma, a genus of several South American catfish. Benjamins, Herman Daniël;...
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    the food chain that ends with larger fish like the surubí catfish (Pseudoplatystoma) and golden dorado (Salminus brasiliensis). Regulations in place in...
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  • reticulatum, a synonym of Pseuderanthemum maculatum, a shrub species Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum, a catfish species Pterospermum reticulatum, a flowering...
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  • the gilded catfish or jau (Zungaro zungaro) and the Spotted sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) in Brazil. Paraproteocephalus Chen, 1962 is a monotypic...
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    commercially important species like sábalo (Prochilodus lineatus) and surubí (Pseudoplatystoma spp.); it produces 95% of the annual 27,000 tonnes of sábalo captured...
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    for sports fishing include spotted sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans), barred sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum), paulicea Amazon catfish (Paulicea...
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  • Phractocephalus hemioliopterus Pimelodus ornatus Pseudopimelodus raninus raninus Pseudoplatystoma fasciata Synodontis angelicus Synodontis contractus Bedotia geayi Telmatherina...
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    etc. Some species of fish found in the reserve are: Arapaima gigas, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, Phractocephalus hemiliopterus, Colossoma macropomum, Osteoglossum...
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  • (Prietella phreatophila) Malabar patashi (Pseudeutropius mitchelli) Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum Pterocryptis barakensis Pterocryptis inusitata Malabar...
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  • P. A. Van Damme (2004). "Ectoparasites (Crustacea: Branchiura) of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (surubí) and P. tigrinum (chuncuina) in Bolivian whitewater...
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