Marine Species Traits - Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862

Traits taxon details

Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862

AphiaID

268586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:268586)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pimelodidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Merodontotus Britski, 1981 · unaccepted

Piramutana Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted

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Species Brachyplatystoma capapretum Lundberg & Akama, 2005
Species Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819)
Species Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898)
Species Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger, 1898
Species Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castelnau, 1855)
Species Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981)
Species Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Brachyplatystoma platynemum Boulenger, 1898 accepted as Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger, 1898
Species Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840) accepted as Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268586 on 2025-05-28

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268586 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Merodontotus Britski, 1981) Britski, H. A. (1981). Sobre um novo gênero e espécie de Sorubiminae da Amazônia (Pisces, Siluriformes). <em>Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo.</em> v. 34 (no. 7): 109-11. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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