Platysilurus
Sign in to savePlatysilurus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPimelodidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Collections
- AUM, MPEG, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Brasil, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
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- Parent taxon
- Pimelodidae
- Image
- Platysilurusmacusus.jpg
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- Platysilurus
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- Category:Platysilurus
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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 Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.
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