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Loricariidae
Amazon sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys pardalis
Fifty Seven Point Eight Centimeters Catfish of the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
LargeAmazon sailfin catfish is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 57.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Pterygoplichthys
- Maximum length
- 57.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Lower, middle and upper Amazon River basin. Introduced to countries outside its native range.
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