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Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Pimelodidae
genus
Sorubim
species
Sorubim lima

Name

Synonyms
Platystoma lima (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Platystoma luceri Weyenbergh, 1877
Silurus gerupensis Natterer, 1858
Silurus lima Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Sorubim infraoculare Spix, 1829
Sorubim latirostris Miranda Ribeiro, 1920
Homonyms
Sorubim lima (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Common names
Bagre in Portuguese
Bico de pato in Portuguese
Cucharón in Spanish
Duckbill Catfish in English
Jurupecê in Portuguese
Pico de pato in Spanish
Spademalle in Danish
Spatelwels in German
Surubim-bico-de-pato in Portuguese
anténovec ploskohlavý in Czech
shovel-nosed catfish in English
shovel-nosed catfish in English
Шершавый плоскоголов-сорубим in Russian
Bico de pato in Portuguese
Bagre in Portuguese
Jurupecê in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Littmann, M. W. 2007. Systematic review of the neotropical shovelnose catfish genus Sorubim Cuvier (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Zootaxa 1422: 1-29. | Dahl, G. 1961. Nematognathous fishes collected during the Macarena Expedition 1959 Part II: Pimelodidae, Callophysidae. Novedades Colombianas 1 (6): 483-514.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
  6. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
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