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Gilded catfish

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44: 31: 368:, and specimens measuring 130 cm (51 in) and weighing 50 kg (110 lb) are not rare. These fish are mainly piscivorous, hunt at night, and sometimes go into flood-prone areas of rivers. Some migrations in pursuit of migrating 558: 397: 220: 694: 859: 720: 553: 548: 668: 707: 524: 492: 784: 712: 516: 799: 809: 444: 849: 779: 829: 746: 725: 445:"Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" 854: 814: 356:; in the Amazon, this fish is found quite upstream, in the main bed of the big tributaries with muddy bottoms. 621: 616: 844: 794: 419: 751: 834: 824: 607: 43: 839: 804: 789: 819: 699: 569: 348:
They are sexually mature upon reaching 10 kg (22 lb) weight. This fish native to the
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have been reported. The nursery ground is at the mouths of rivers.
75: 30: 452: 307: 274: 95: 647: 376: 65: 320:. However, some sources list other species as valid, such as 314: 766: 324:. This species may be referred to by one of its 364:This fish reaches 140 cm (55 in) in 343: 483: 481: 479: 477: 475: 29: 442: 332:. This species contains two subspecies, 525:Integrated Taxonomic Information System 487: 472: 414: 767: 568: 567: 860:Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt 408: 509: 13: 14: 871: 542: 398:"Common names of Zungaro zungaro" 306:By some sources, it is the only 42: 443:Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). 436: 390: 359: 1: 383: 785:Freshwater fish of Argentina 7: 800:Freshwater fish of Colombia 301: 10: 876: 810:Freshwater fish of Ecuador 330:Brachyplatystoma flavicans 576: 466:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1 203: 196: 172: 167: 144: 137: 39:Scientific classification 37: 28: 23: 850:Fish of the Amazon basin 780:Catfish of South America 505:. February 2012 version. 491:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). 418:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). 344:Distribution and habitat 830:Freshwater fish of Peru 855:Fish described in 1821 288:. It is also known as 207:Pimelodus zungaro 815:Fish of French Guiana 281:Siluriformes) of the 180:(Valenciennes, 1835) 432:. May 2007 version. 559:The Gilded Catfish 420:"Species in genus 228:Zungaro humboldtii 845:Fish of Venezuela 795:Catfish of Brazil 762: 761: 734:Open Tree of Life 570:Taxon identifiers 252: 251: 246: 237:Paulicea luetkeni 233: 224: 212: 190: 181: 867: 835:Fish of Suriname 825:Fish of Paraguay 755: 754: 742: 741: 729: 728: 716: 715: 703: 702: 690: 689: 677: 676: 664: 663: 651: 650: 638: 637: 625: 624: 612: 611: 610: 597: 596: 595: 565: 564: 536: 535: 533: 531: 513: 507: 506: 485: 470: 469: 449: 440: 434: 433: 412: 406: 405: 394: 240: 231: 219: 216:Bagrus flavicans 210: 189:(Humboldt, 1821) 188: 179: 158:in Humboldt and 150: 47: 46: 33: 21: 20: 875: 874: 870: 869: 868: 866: 865: 864: 840:Fish of Uruguay 805:Magdalena River 790:Fish of Bolivia 765: 764: 763: 758: 750: 745: 737: 732: 724: 719: 711: 706: 698: 693: 685: 680: 672: 667: 659: 654: 646: 641: 633: 628: 620: 615: 608:Zungaro zungaro 606: 605: 600: 591: 590: 585: 578:Zungaro zungaro 572: 545: 540: 539: 529: 527: 519:Zungaro zungaro 515: 514: 510: 495:Zungaro zungaro 486: 473: 447: 441: 437: 413: 409: 396: 395: 391: 386: 362: 346: 304: 296:black manguruyu 267:Zungaro zungaro 239: 230: 218: 209: 187: 178: 163: 152: 148:Zungaro zungaro 146: 133: 130:Z. zungaro 41: 24:Gilded catfish 17: 16:Species of fish 12: 11: 5: 873: 863: 862: 857: 852: 847: 842: 837: 832: 827: 822: 820:Fish of Guyana 817: 812: 807: 802: 797: 792: 787: 782: 777: 760: 759: 757: 756: 743: 730: 717: 704: 691: 678: 665: 652: 639: 626: 613: 598: 582: 580: 574: 573: 562: 561: 556: 551: 544: 543:External links 541: 538: 537: 508: 489:Froese, Rainer 471: 435: 416:Froese, Rainer 407: 388: 387: 385: 382: 361: 358: 345: 342: 334:Z. z. mangurus 303: 300: 272:South American 261:Gilded Catfish 250: 249: 248: 247: 234: 225: 213: 211:Humboldt, 1821 201: 200: 194: 193: 192: 191: 182: 176:Z. z. mangurus 170: 169: 165: 164: 153: 142: 141: 135: 134: 127: 125: 121: 120: 113: 109: 108: 103: 99: 98: 93: 89: 88: 86:Actinopterygii 83: 79: 78: 73: 69: 68: 63: 59: 58: 53: 49: 48: 35: 34: 26: 25: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 872: 861: 858: 856: 853: 851: 848: 846: 843: 841: 838: 836: 833: 831: 828: 826: 823: 821: 818: 816: 813: 811: 808: 806: 803: 801: 798: 796: 793: 791: 788: 786: 783: 781: 778: 776: 773: 772: 770: 753: 748: 744: 740: 735: 731: 727: 722: 718: 714: 709: 705: 701: 696: 692: 688: 683: 679: 675: 670: 666: 662: 657: 653: 649: 644: 640: 636: 631: 627: 623: 618: 614: 609: 603: 599: 594: 588: 584: 583: 581: 579: 575: 571: 566: 560: 557: 555: 552: 550: 547: 546: 526: 522: 520: 512: 504: 503: 498: 496: 490: 484: 482: 480: 478: 476: 467: 463: 459: 455: 454: 446: 439: 431: 430: 425: 423: 417: 411: 403: 399: 393: 389: 381: 379: 378: 373: 372: 367: 357: 355: 354:Amazon basins 351: 341: 339: 338:Z. z. zungaro 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 316: 313: 309: 299: 297: 293: 292: 287: 284: 280: 276: 273: 269: 268: 263: 262: 257: 244: 238: 235: 232:Bleeker, 1858 229: 226: 222: 217: 214: 208: 205: 204: 202: 199: 195: 186: 185:Z. z. zungaro 183: 177: 174: 173: 171: 166: 161: 157: 151: 149: 143: 140: 139:Binomial name 136: 132: 131: 126: 123: 122: 119: 118: 114: 111: 110: 107: 104: 101: 100: 97: 94: 91: 90: 87: 84: 81: 80: 77: 74: 71: 70: 67: 64: 61: 60: 57: 54: 51: 50: 45: 40: 36: 32: 27: 22: 19: 577: 528:. Retrieved 518: 511: 500: 494: 457: 451: 438: 427: 421: 410: 401: 392: 375: 369: 366:total length 363: 347: 337: 333: 329: 322:Zungaro jahu 321: 317: 305: 295: 290: 289: 266: 265: 260: 259: 255: 253: 243:Steindachner 236: 227: 215: 206: 184: 175: 160:Valenciennes 147: 145: 129: 128: 116: 96:Siluriformes 18: 775:Pimelodidae 682:iNaturalist 602:Wikispecies 402:fishbase.se 371:Triportheus 360:Description 286:Pimelodidae 256:Jau catfish 168:Subspecies 106:Pimelodidae 769:Categories 554:Dourada 02 384:References 460:: 1–628. 312:monotypic 291:manguruyu 221:Castelnau 124:Species: 62:Kingdom: 56:Eukaryota 700:11385254 656:FishBase 587:Wikidata 502:FishBase 429:FishBase 326:synonyms 302:Taxonomy 198:Synonyms 156:Humboldt 102:Family: 76:Chordata 72:Phylum: 66:Animalia 52:Domain: 752:1026885 674:2338770 549:DOURADA 453:Zootaxa 422:Zungaro 350:Orinoco 318:Zungaro 310:of the 308:species 275:catfish 270:) is a 245:, 1877) 162:, 1821) 117:Zungaro 112:Genus: 92:Order: 82:Class: 739:676189 726:238558 713:681805 687:556853 648:223050 622:545878 593:Q27173 530:26 May 377:Anodus 283:family 223:, 1855 747:WoRMS 695:IRMNG 661:47756 635:5D95F 448:(PDF) 315:genus 279:order 721:NCBI 708:ITIS 669:GBIF 617:BOLD 532:2007 458:1418 374:and 352:and 336:and 254:The 643:EoL 630:CoL 462:doi 294:or 258:or 771:: 749:: 736:: 723:: 710:: 697:: 684:: 671:: 658:: 645:: 632:: 619:: 604:: 589:: 523:. 499:. 474:^ 456:. 450:. 426:. 400:. 340:. 328:, 298:. 534:. 521:" 517:" 497:" 493:" 468:. 464:: 424:" 404:. 277:( 264:( 241:( 154:(

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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Pimelodidae
Zungaro
Binomial name
Humboldt
Valenciennes
Synonyms
Castelnau
Steindachner
South American
catfish
order
family
Pimelodidae
species
monotypic
genus
synonyms
Orinoco
Amazon basins
total length
Triportheus
Anodus

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