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Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Pimelodidae
genus
Hemisorubim
species
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos

Name

Synonyms
Hemisorubim platyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Platystoma platyrhynchos Valenciennes, 1840
Silurus gerupoca Natterer, 1858
Homonyms
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840)
Common names
Batawi in language.
Bec-en-canard tacheté in French
Bec-en-canard tacheté in French
Bicode- pato, Braço-de-moça, Jurupoca in language.
Jerepoca in Portuguese
Jurupoca in Portuguese
Kashili in language.
Melino in language.
Melinu, Maïpanbu, Pakira-fisi in language.
Porthole Shovelnose Catfish in English
Porthole shovelnose catfish, Spotted shovelnose catfish in English
Ëkëmu in language.
Porthole Shovelnose Catfish in English
Doncella in Spanish
Jerepoca in Portuguese
Jurupoca in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210. | Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., M. Lugo, J.D. Bogotá-Gregory, C.A. Lasso, L. Vásquez, J.S, Usma, D.C. Taphorn, F. Provenzano Rizzi. 2006. Peces del río Tomo, cuenca del Orinoco, Colombia. Biota colombiana 7 (1): 113-128.
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