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Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Pimelodidae
genus
Brachyplatystoma
species
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii

Name

Synonyms
Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858
Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858
Brachyplatystoma parnahybae Steindachner, 1908
Brachyplatystoma vaillante (Valenciennes, 1840)
Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840)
Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1858)
Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840
Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816
Homonyms
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)
Common names
Bagre in Spanish
Bagre vaillant in French
Barba chata in Portuguese
Branquinho in Portuguese
Canfranc in language.
Catfish in English
Hopealapamonni in Finnish
Kanfran in language.
Lalau in English
Lalau in language.
Laulao catfish in language.
Laulao catfish in English
Leitkaima in language.
Letkaima in language.
Madi in Portuguese
Malinsili in language.
Mota in Portuguese
Mulher ingrata in Portuguese
Normalista in Portuguese
Piramutaba in English
Piramutaba in Portuguese
Piramutaba-malle in Danish
Piramutana in Portuguese
Piramutata in Portuguese
Piramutatá in Portuguese
Piramutaua in Portuguese
Piramutuba in Portuguese
Piramutá in Portuguese
Piramutáua in Portuguese
Poucici in language.
Pucici in language.
Sorubim in Portuguese
Usis in language.
Valentón in Spanish
Valentón in Spanish
伐氏短平口鯰 in language.
伐氏短平口鲶 in language.
帕納短平口鯰 in language.
帕纳短平口鲶 in language.
梨油鯰 in language.
梨油鲶 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Ajiaco-Martínez, R.E., H. Ramírez-Gil, E. Agudelo-Cordoba & C.A Lasso 2012. Brachyplatystoma vaillantii. pp. 96-98. En: Mojica, J. I., J. S. Usma, R. Álvarez-León & C.A. Lasso (Eds). 2012. Libro rojo de peces dulceacuícolas de Colombia 2012. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, WWF Colombia, Universidad de Manizales Bogotá, D.C. Colombia. 319 pp. | Dahl, G. 1961. Nematognathous fishes collected during the Macarena Expedition 1959 Part II: Pimelodidae, Callophysidae. Novedades Colombianas 1 (6): 483-514.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
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