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Sorubimichthys planiceps (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Pimelodidae
genus
Sorubimichthys
species
Sorubimichthys planiceps

Name

Synonyms
Platystoma planiceps Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Platystoma spatula Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Pteroglanis manni Eigenmann & Pearson, 1924
Sorubim jandia Spix, 1829
Sorubim pirauáca Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Sorubimichthys ortoni Gill, 1870
Sorubimichthys spatula (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Homonyms
Sorubimichthys planiceps (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Common names
Achacubo in Spanish
Chicote in Portuguese
Firewood Catfish in English
Peixe Lenha in Portuguese
Piraiapena in Portuguese
Pirambucu in Portuguese
Pirauacá in Portuguese
Shovelnose Catfish in English
Sorubim Lenha in Portuguese
Surubim chicote in Portuguese
anténovec plochohlavý in Czech
Økseskaftmalle in Danish
Плоский плоскоголов-сорубимихтис in Russian
Firewood Catfish in English
Achacubo in Spanish
Chicote in Portuguese
Hacha Caspi in Spanish
Peixe Lenha in Portuguese
Piraiapena in Portuguese
Pirauacá in Portuguese
Sorubim Lenha 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. | Dahl, G. 1961. Nematognathous fishes collected during the Macarena Expedition 1959 Part II: Pimelodidae, Callophysidae. Novedades Colombianas 1 (6): 483-514.
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