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Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Brachyplatystoma: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Louis Rousseau (1811–1874) was a French malacologist, traveller, collector and a pioneer of zoological photography. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Castelnau.
Issue
Synonymy above based on personal observation and examination of types; see Zungaro zungaro for synonymy of Bagrus flavicans Castelnau.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal. Tropical
South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of French Guiana.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 73.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 192 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36506)
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003. Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes). p. 432-446. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36506)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Peixe esportivo: sim
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00427 - 0.01286), b=3.11 (2.96 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 59.1 [23.4, 127.3] mg/100g; Iron = 1.35 [0.70, 2.69] mg/100g; Protein = 17.6 [16.3, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.234 [0.093, 0.570] g/100g; Selenium = 99.9 [40.4, 227.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.6 [6.3, 56.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.833 [0.553, 1.242] mg/100g (wet weight);