Platystomatichthys
| Sturgeon catfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Platystomatichthys Bleeker, 1862 |
| Species: | P. sturio
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| Binomial name | |
| Platystomatichthys sturio (Kner, 1858)
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| Synonyms | |
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Platystoma sturio | |
Platystomatichthys sturio is the only species in the genus Platystomatichthys of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Pimelodidae.[2] It is sometimes called the sturgeon catfish.[3] This species occurs in the Amazon Basin and reaches a length of about 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in) TL.[4] Platystomatichthys 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, Platysilurus, and Propimelodus.[5]
References
- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Platystomatichthys sturio". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T49830601A160259347. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830601A160259347.en. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Platystomatichthys sturio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
- ^ Axelrod, Herbert R.; Emmens, C.; Burgess, W.; Pronek, N. (1996). Exotic Tropical Fishes. T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-87666-543-1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Platystomatichthys sturio". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 152 (1): 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86213152.