Pseudoplatystoma punctifer
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoplatystoma |
| Species: | P. punctifer
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Pseudoplatystoma punctifer, the spotted tiger shovelnose catfish,[3] is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon basin, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[4]: 21–24 It is a commercially farmed species, and it is difficult to harvest as it appears to be highly selective with its diet[5] and exhibits cannibalistic behaviors. Other behaviors and developmental patterns vary based on both diet as well as parental behaviors that influence the organisms development from the Larval stage.[6]
This species reaches a maximum of 140 cm (55 in) in total length; 37–40 vertebrae.[4]
References
- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Pseudoplatystoma punctifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T58437469A58518507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T58437469A58518507.en. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ Castelnau, Francis L. (1855), "Poissons", Animaux Nouveaux or Rares Recueillis Pendant l'Expédition dans les Parties Centrales de l'Amérique du Sud de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; Exécutée par ordre du Gouvernment Français Pendant les Années 1843 a 1847 (in French) (Part 7, Zoology 2 ed.)
- ^ "Cat-eLog | Pimelodidae | Pseudoplatystoma punctifer". PlanetCatfish. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b Buitrago–Suárez, Uriel Angel and Brooks M. Burr (2007). "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1512: 1–38. Bibcode:2007Zoot.15122.1.1B. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1512.1.1.
- ^ Castro-Ruiz, Diana; Andree, Karl B.; Magris, Julian; Fernández-Méndez, Christian; García-Dávila, Carmen; Gisbert, Enric; Darias, Maria J. (December 2022). "DHA-enrichment of live and compound feeds influences the incidence of cannibalism, digestive function, and growth in the neotropical catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855) during early life stages". Aquaculture. 561 738667. Bibcode:2022Aquac.56138667C. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738667. hdl:20.500.12327/1949. S2CID 251203454.
- ^ Núñez, Jesús; Castro, Diana; Fernández, Christian; Dugué, Rémi; Chu-Koo, Fred; Duponchelle, Fabrice; García, Carmen; Renno, Jean-François (May 2011). "Hatching rate and larval growth variations in Pseudoplatystoma punctifer: maternal and paternal effects: Parental effects on larval growth in P. punctifer". Aquaculture Research. 42 (6): 764–775. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02803.x.