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  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumAdult
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumAdult
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumClose-up of head
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumYoung boy holding adult fish
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumTaken at a fish market in Manaus, Brazil
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumClose-up of head
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumDorsal view of head
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumRio Sucundurí
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumRio Nhamundá, Brazil
  • Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumManaus
Down Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum    Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Common Name Reticulated Shovelnose
Type Locality Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum reticulatum
Pronunciation SUE doh plah tee stow mah
Etymology (Greek)Pseudos=False +(Greek)platys=flat +(Greek)stoma=mouth. 
Down Species Information
Size 800mm or 31.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
General Remarks See also Zootaxa 1512.
Down Habitat Information
Distribution Central Amazon basin and Paraná River: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Nhamundá (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Canumã, Sucundurí (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Down Husbandry Information
Feeding Carnivore feeding on a very mixed and varied diet including earthworms, whole prawns, mussels, fish fillets, floating sticks/pellets and catfish pellets. User data.
Furniture Large, spacious tank with open space for night time cruising. A large shady bogwood root or pipe that the catfish can retreat to during the day is also required. Ensure the heater is in the open and not in a place where the catfish may try and hide. When larger a hide is not necessary.
Compatibility Ideally suited to life with other large fish. These catfish are predatory and will eat smaller fish if hungry. Claimed by some to behave aggressively/territorially towards other catfish.
Suggested Tankmates Other large catfish such as Oxydoras, Pterodoras and Megalodoras. Other fish should always be over half of its body length.
Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 2, pp 30.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:21 (species record created: 2001 Apr 22 00:00)