| Tiger sorubim | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoplatystoma |
| Species: | P. tigrinum |
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| Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840) | |
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Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum, the tiger sorubim, tiger shovelnose or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America.
The largest individuals of this species grows to 130 cm (51 in) in total length. Although most specimens are smaller than this.
References
- Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes (1840) Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Tome Quinzième. Suite du Livre Dix septième. Siluroïdes. Ch. Pitois, Paris, xxxi, p.p. 10–11, pls. 422.
- ^ Buitrago-Suárez, Uriel Angel & Brooks M. Burr (2007). "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1–38 (30–32).
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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