''Platysilurus'' is a

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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

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Taxonomy

''Platysilurus'' is classified under the "'' Calophysus-

Pimelodus ''Pimelodus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Pimelodidae native to Central America, Central and South America. Species There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus: * ''Pimelodus absconditus'' María de las Mercede ...

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

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'', '' Bergiaria'', '' 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 ''Platystomatichthys sturio'' is the only species in the genus ''Platystomatichthys'' of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Pimelodidae. It is sometimes called the sturgeon catfish. This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and reaches a lengt ...

'', and ''

Propimelodus ''Propimelodus'' is a genus of South American catfish of the family Pimelodidae. Taxonomy The type species of this genus, ''P. eigenmanni'', was first described in 1946 under the genus ''Pimelodus''. In 2002, the genus ''Propimelodus'' was descr ...

''.

Species

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

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, 1944 * '' Platysilurus mucosus'' ( Vaillant, 1880) * '' Platysilurus olallae'' ( Orcés-V. ( es), 1977)

Distribution

''P. malarmo'' is distributed in the

Lake Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo () is located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida. While Maracaibo is commonly referred to as a lake, its current hydrological characteristics may better classify it as estuary and/or ...

basin. ''P. mucosus'' inhabits the

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and

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

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

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Description

''P. malarmo'' reaches 70

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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 Taxa named by John Diederich Haseman {{Pimelodidae-stub