Pseudoplatystoma punctifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Pimelodidae
Genus: Pseudoplatystoma
Species: Pseudoplatystoma punctifer

Name

• Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau, 1855) [some sources cite (Linnaeus, 1766)]

References

• Buitrago-Suárez, U.A.; Burr, B.M. 2007: Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species. Zootaxa 1512: 1–38. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Lopes, L. Paula da Conceição; Varella, A. Maria Bezerra; Malta, J. Celso de Oliveira 2009: Metazoan parasites of Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Linnaeus, 1766) and Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) of the Central Amazon Basin, Brazil. Biologia geral e experimental, 9 (2): 3–15. full article (PDF)
• Núñez, J. et al. 2011: Hatching rate and larval growth variations in Pseudoplatystoma punctifer: maternal and paternal effects. Aquaculture research, 42 (6): 764–775. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02803.x
• Saulo-Machado, A.C. et al. 2011: Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the Amazonian catfish Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Conservation genetics resources, 3 (2): 307–310. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9349-4