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Pimelodidae
Megalonema platycephalum
Megalonema platycephalum
Catfish Reaching Thirty Centimeters
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumMegalonema platycephalum is a freshwater fish of South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Megalonema
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon, Essequibo and Orinoco River basins.
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