Sturgeon catfish | |
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specimen | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: |
Platystomatichthys Bleeker, 1862 |
Species: | P. sturio
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Binomial name | |
Platystomatichthys sturio (
Kner, 1858)
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Synonyms | |
Platystoma sturio |
Platystomatichthys sturio is the only species in the genus Platystomatichthys of the catfish ( order Siluriformes) family Pimelodidae. [1] It is sometimes called the sturgeon catfish. [2] This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and reaches a length of about 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) TL. [3] Platystomatichthys is classified under the " Calophysus- Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, and Propimelodus. [4]
Sturgeon catfish | |
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specimen | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: |
Platystomatichthys Bleeker, 1862 |
Species: | P. sturio
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Binomial name | |
Platystomatichthys sturio (
Kner, 1858)
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Synonyms | |
Platystoma sturio |
Platystomatichthys sturio is the only species in the genus Platystomatichthys of the catfish ( order Siluriformes) family Pimelodidae. [1] It is sometimes called the sturgeon catfish. [2] This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and reaches a length of about 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) TL. [3] Platystomatichthys is classified under the " Calophysus- Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, and Propimelodus. [4]