Brachyplatystoma tigrinum

Brachyplatystoma tigrinum, the zebra shovelnose, or tigerstriped catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Brazil, Colombia and Peru.[1][2]

Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Brachyplatystoma
Species:
B. tigrinum
Binomial name
Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
(Britski, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Merodontotus tigrinus Britski, 1981

Distribution

The fish is recorded from Upper Amazon basin, Cachoeira do Teotônio, northwestern Brazil as well as Caquetá, and Putomayo basins in Colombia and Ucayali and Marañon watersheds in Peru.[2]

Description

It grows to a length of 500 mm.[1] Head elongate and compressed. Upper and lower caudal filaments. The coloration is sometimes confused with B. juruense, but strips are continuous other than divided and has a longer upper jaw.[2] Body is yellow to almost white base colour to the body with black stripes.[3]

Ecology

The fish inhabits white-colored water with a high proportion of dissolved solids, low transparency, high dissolved oxygen.[4]

It is entirely piscivorous.[2][4]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2020). "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum" in FishBase. June 2020 version.
  2. "Cat-eLog - Pimelodidae - Brachyplatystoma tigrinum". Planet Catfish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981)". scotcat. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. "Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (BRITSKI, 1981) - Zebra Shovelnose". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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