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Peru Piraíba (Brachyplatystoma capapretum)
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Ecological Illustration of Peru Piraíba (Brachyplatystoma capapretum)
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Pimelodidae

Peru Piraíba

Brachyplatystoma capapretum

A giant duck billed catfish of the Amazon

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Peru Piraíba is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Catfishes
Family
Pimelodidae
Genus
Brachyplatystoma
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
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