''Pseudoplatystoma corruscans'', the spotted sorubim, is a species of

long-whiskered catfish The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes ( order Siluriformes). Taxonomy The family Pimelodidae has undergone much revision. Currently, it contains about 30 genera and about 90 recognized and kno ...

native to the São Francisco and Paraná—

Paraguay River The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters in ...

basins in South America. This species grows to a length of TL.

References

* Pimelodidae Fish of South America Fish of Argentina Fish of Brazil Fish of Paraguay Fish of Uruguay Fish described in 1829 {{Siluriformes-stub