 Summary of Brachyplatystoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Etymology | Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 581mm, largest 3600mm, average 1400mm, most commonly 600mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 7 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keepers | 7 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Most Kept Species | |
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| 1. | Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (34.68%) |
| 2. | Brachyplatystoma juruense (28.23%) |
| 3. | Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (12.9%) |
| 4. | Brachyplatystoma platynemum (9.68%) |
| 5. | Brachyplatystoma capapretum (5.65%) |
| 6. | Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (4.84%) |
| 7. | Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (4.03%) |
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| Distribution of selected Brachyplatystoma species | |
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/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/capapretum/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma capapretum - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/filamentosum/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma filamentosum - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/juruense/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma juruense - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/platynemum/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma platynemum - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/rousseauxii/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/tigrinum/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/pimelodidae/brachyplatystoma/vaillantii/1.jpg "Brachyplatystoma vaillantii - Click for species page")