Barred sorubim
(Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum)
General data
Scientific names:
Barred sorubim
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climate:
Continental
Native:
South America
The barred sorubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum) is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Río de la Plata basin and Amazon basin in South America.
It reaches up to about 60 cm (2.0 ft) in length.
Head strongly depressed with extended cranial fontanelle; loop-like dark bars forming reticulated pattern which extends far below lateral line and connects dorsally; no clear demarcation between dark dorsal and pale ventral regions; and caudal fin with fewer than 45 spots.
South America: Central Amazon and Paraná River in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
