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It grows to a length of 2.8 m. The largest Amazon piraĆba are 2 ā 2.5 m long and weigh more than 150 kg 330lbs
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487:"Kumakuma (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum) Ecological Risk Screening Summary"
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463:"Brachyplatystoma ilamentosum (LICHTENSTEIN, 1819) - PiraĆba"
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436:"Cat-eLog - Pimelodidae - Brachyplatystoma vaillantii"
348:and commercial fish. They are generally obligate
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359:PiraĆba are sometimes kept in
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319:Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
212:Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
150:Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
25:Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
881:Freshwater fish of Venezuela
784:. You can help Knowledge by
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851:Freshwater fish of Colombia
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176:Brachyplatystoma goeldii
871:Freshwater fish of Peru
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891:Fish described in 1819
780:-related article is a
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304:entirely piscivorous
201:Sorubimichthys gigas
132:B. filamentosum
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308:loricariids
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295:Description
249:Pimelodidae
108:Pimelodidae
825:Categories
499:2020-06-02
472:2020-06-02
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386:References
350:piscivores
323:freshwater
251:and genus
346:game fish
273:estuaries
126:Species:
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58:Eukaryota
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230:valentĆ³n
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167:Synonyms
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361:aquaria
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314:Ecology
285:Guianas
281:Orinoco
261:Orinoco
245:catfish
241:species
239:, is a
236:lau lau
218:piraĆba
160:, 1819)
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490:(PDF)
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