Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii • Pimelodidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii** (Castlenau, 1855)
Common Name(s)	Dourada, Gilded Catfish
Type Locality	Amazon R., Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Bagrus goliath, Bagrus rousseauxii, Brachyplatystoma paraense
Etymology	Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth.
Species Information
Size	1900mm (74.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The only large Pimelodid with platinum head and gold body; only Brachyplatystoma with short barbels when adult.
General Remarks	Fishbase lists 1920 mm TL.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of French Guiana. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Exped. Amer. Sud. v. 2 32 Pl. 14 (fig. 1)
Registered Keepers	(1) arapaima, (2) SuperLaz, (3) ndcp18, (4) Redtailrob, who also notes: "Very Timid. Very Skittish & jumpy.". Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2006 Nov 11 06:05 (species record created: 2002 Oct 14 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castlenau, 1855)

Common Name(s)

Dourada, Gilded Catfish

Type Locality

Amazon R., Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Bagrus goliath, Bagrus rousseauxii, Brachyplatystoma paraense

Etymology

Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth.

Species Information

Size

1900mm (74.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The only large Pimelodid with platinum head and gold body; only Brachyplatystoma with short barbels when adult.

General Remarks

Fishbase lists 1920 mm TL.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of French Guiana.
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Exped. Amer. Sud. v. 2 32 Pl. 14 (fig. 1)

Registered Keepers

(1) arapaima, (2) SuperLaz, (3) ndcp18, (4) Redtailrob, who also notes: "Very Timid. Very Skittish & jumpy.".

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.