Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim, tiger shovelnose or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America.[2]

The largest individuals of this species grows to 130 cm (51 in) in total length.[3][2] Although most specimens are smaller than this.

References

  1. ^ Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes (1840) Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Tome Quinzième. Suite du Livre Dix septième. Siluroïdes. Ch. Pitois, Paris, xxxi, p.p. 10–11, pls. 422.
  2. ^ a b Buitrago-Suárez, Uriel Angel & Brooks M. Burr (2007). "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1–38 (30–32).
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum". FishBase. February 2012 version.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_sorubim
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