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Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Pimelodidae
genus
Pseudoplatystoma
species
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum

Name

Synonyms
Platystoma punctatum Valenciennes, 1840
Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes, 1840
Platystoma truncatum Agassiz, 1829
Homonyms
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840)
Common names
Bagre Rayado in Spanish
Caparari in Portuguese
Caparari in language.
Huluwi (eluwa) in language.
Lowi, Wi in language.
Lowi, Wi in language.
Pirambucu in Portuguese
Poson-tig in French
Poson-tig, Torch-tig, Wi in language.
Pseudoplatystomas tigré in French
Pseudoplatystomas tigré in French
Spigri kati in language.
Suluwi yawa in language.
Surubim-tigre in Portuguese
Tiger Catfish in English
Tiger Sorubim in English
Tiger sorubim, Tiger catfish, Tiger-shovelnose in English
Tigre Zúngaro in Spanish
Tunukri priye in language.
Uluwi in language.
Tiger Catfish in English
Bagre Rayado in Spanish
Caparari in Portuguese
Pintadillo in Spanish
Pirambucu in Portuguese
Poson-tig in French
Surubim-tigre in Portuguese
Tiger Sorubim in English
Tigre Zúngaro in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Buitrago-Suárez, U. A. & B.M. Burr. 2007. Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species. Zootaxa 1512 (1): 1-38.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
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