Brachyplatystoma filamentosum • Pimelodidae • Cat-eLog

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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) Log in to view species occurence data on a map.
Temperature	23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
References	Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann) 1819, v. 1 (pt 3), pp 60.
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Last Update	2014 Jun 09 09:33 (species record created: 2001 May 08 00:00)