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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819) |
| Common Names | Piraiba (Brazilian) Kumakuma, Kumakuma-malle (Denmark), Tiger-Antennenwels (Germany) |
| Type Locality | Brazil |
| Synonym(s) | Brachyplatystoma goeldii, Pimelodus filamentosus, Piratinga piraaiba, Platystoma affine, Platystoma gigas, Sorubimichthys gigas |
| Etymology | Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 2800mm or 110.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Absence of membrane connecting the two pairs of nares identifies this species from all congeners except B. vaillantii. B. vaillantii has much longer adipose fin than this species. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Widespread in Amazon basin. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)  (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution) |
| Temperature | 23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann) 1819, v. 1 (pt 3), pp 60. |
| Registered Keepers | (1) arapaima, (2) kntrygrl4lyfe, (3) amazonfishman, (4) SuperLaz, (5) necrocanis, (6) too<many>tanks, (7) ndcp18, (8) monsters2be, (9) arapaimag, (10) Brachyplatystoma, (11) Redtailrob, (12) Hrothgar Sørensen (p: 2). 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 | 2014 Jun 09 09:33 (species record created: 2001 May 08 00:00) |
