''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
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Pimelodidae
Fish of South America
Fish of Argentina
Fish of Brazil
Fish of Paraguay
Fish of Uruguay
Fish described in 1829
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