Brachyplatystoma juruense
Brachyplatystoma juruense, the zebra catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basin of Peri and Rio Juruá, northwestern Brazil.[1][2]
| Brachyplatystoma juruense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Brachyplatystoma |
| Species: | B. juruense |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898) | |
It grows to a length of 60.0 cm.[1] The fish inhabits larger, deeper river channels with a sandy substrate with some large chunks of driftwood.[3]
Adult have broad dark vertical, oblique or branching bands. Ventrum is pale yellowish. Caudal fin blotched or barred. The juvenile form is sometimes confused with B. tigrinum.[3]
It is entirely piscivorous preying on loricariids and other bottom-dwelling fish.[3]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). "Brachyplatystoma juruense" in FishBase. June 2020 version.
- "Cat-eLog - Pimelodidae - Brachyplatystoma juruense". Planet Catfish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- "Brachyplatystoma juruense (BOULENGER, 1898) - Gold Zebra Catfish". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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