Zungaro zungaro

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Zungaro zungaro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Zungaro
Bleeker, 1858
Binomial name
Zungaro zungaro
(Humboldt in Humboldt and Valenciennes, 1821)
Subspecies
  • Z. z. mangurus
    (Valenciennes, 1835)
  • Z. z. zungaro
    (Humboldt, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Pimelodus zungaro
    Humboldt, 1821
  • Bagrus flavicans
    Castelnau, 1855
  • Brachyplatystoma flavicans
    (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Zungaro humboldtii
    Bleeker, 1858
  • Paulicea luetkeni
    (Steindachner, 1877)
  • Paulicea jahu
    Ihering, 1898

Zungaro zungaro a South American catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae.

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[edit] Taxonomy

By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypic genus Zungaro.[1] However, some sources list other species as valid, such as Zungaro jahu.[2] This species may be referred to by one of its synonyms, Brachyplatystoma flavicans.[3] This species contains two subspecies, Z. z. mangurus and Z. z. zungaro.[4]

[edit] Distribution and habitat

They are sexually mature upon reaching 10 kg (22 lb) weight.[3] This fish originates from the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers; in the Amazon, this fish is found quite upstream, in the main bed of the big tributaries with muddy bottoms.[3]

[edit] Description

This fish reaches 140 centimetres (55 in) TL, and specimens measuring 130 cm (51 in) and weighing 50 kilograms (110 lb) are not rare.[3]

[edit] Ecology

These fish are mainly piscivorous, hunt at night, and sometimes go into flood prone areas of rivers. Some migrations in pursuit of migrating Triportheus and Anodus have been reported. The nursery ground is at the mouths of rivers.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Zungaro". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Zungaro zungaro". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  4. ^ Zungaro zungaro (TSN 681805). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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