''Platysilurus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

long-whiskered catfish The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes). Taxonomy The family Pimelodidae has undergone much revision. Currently, it contains about 30 genera and about 90 recognized and know ...

es native to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

Taxonomy

''Platysilurus'' is classified under the "'' Calophysus- Pimelodus'' clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes ''Pimelodus'', '' Exallodontus'', ''

Duopalatinus ''Duopalatinus'' is a small genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Duopalatinus emarginatus'' ( Valenciennes, 1840) * ''Duopalatinus peruanus'' Eigenma ...

'', ''

Cheirocerus ''Cheirocerus'' is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Cheirocerus abuelo'' (Leonard Peter Schultz, Schultz, 1944) * ''Cheirocerus eques'' Carl H. E ...

'', ''

Iheringichthys ''Iheringichthys'' is a small genus of long-whiskered catfish native to South America. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus:Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M. & Britski, H.A. (2012)Iheringichthys syi ''(Siluriformes: Pimelodidae ...

'', ''

Bergiaria ''Bergiaria'' is a small genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Bergiaria platana'' (Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 1 ...

'', '' Bagropsis'', ''

Parapimelodus ''Parapimelodus'' is a small genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Parapimelodus nigribarbis'' (Boulenger, 1889) * '' Parapimelodus valenciennis'' ( Lü ...

'', '' Platystomatichthys'', and '' Propimelodus''.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''

Platysilurus malarmo ''Platysilurus'' is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Taxonomy ''Platysilurus'' is classified under the "'' Calophysus-Pimelodus'' clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelo ...

Schultz Schultz is a Germans, German surname derived from ''Schultheiß'', meaning village headman or constable/sheriff in the medieval sense (akin to today's office of mayor). It has many variations, such as Schuldt, Schulte, Schulten, Schultes, Schultheis ...

, 1944 * ''

Platysilurus mucosus ''Platysilurus'' is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Taxonomy ''Platysilurus'' is classified under the "'' Calophysus-Pimelodus'' clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelo ...

'' ( Vaillant, 1880) * ''

Platysilurus olallae ''Platysilurus'' is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America. Taxonomy ''Platysilurus'' is classified under the "'' Calophysus-Pimelodus'' clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelo ...

'' ( Orcés-V. ( es), 1977)

Distribution

''P. malarmo'' is distributed in the

Lake Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo ( Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo; Anu: Coquivacoa) is a lagoon in northwestern Venezuela, the largest lake in South America and one of the oldest on Earth, formed 36 million years ago in the Andes Mountains. The fault in the northern s ...

basin. ''P. mucosus'' inhabits the

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technolog ...

and

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wo ...

basins. ''P. olallae'' is found in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

Description

''P. malarmo'' reaches 70

centimetre 330px, Different lengths as in respect to the Electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the Metre and its deriveds scales. The Microwave are in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter. A centimetre (international spelling) or centimeter (American spellin ...

s (28 in) SL. ''P. mucosus'' grows to a length of at least 20 cm (7.9 in) SL.

References

Pimelodidae Fish of South America Fish of the Amazon basin Catfish genera Freshwater fish genera {{catfish-stub