Platysilurus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Platysilurusmacusus.jpg
| image_caption = Platysilurus mucosus
| taxon = Platysilurus
| authority = Haseman, 1911
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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Platysilurus is a genus of long-whiskered catfishes native to South America.
Taxonomy
Platysilurus is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Bagropsis, Parapimelodus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.{{cite journal|url=http://www.bioone.org/archive/0097-3157/152/1/pdf/i0097-3157-152-1-75.pdf|title=Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)|last=Lundberg|first=John G.|author2=Parisi, Béatrice M. |journal=Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|volume=152|pages=75–88|year=2002|doi=10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=86213152 }}
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Platysilurus | month = February | year = 2012}}
- Platysilurus malarmo Schultz, 1944
- Platysilurus mucosus (Vaillant, 1880)
- Platysilurus olallae (Orcés-V. (es), 1977)
Distribution
P. malarmo is distributed in the Lake Maracaibo basin. P. mucosus inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. P. olallae is found in Ecuador.{{cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J. Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1 }}
Description
P. malarmo reaches 70 centimetres (28 in) SL.{{FishBase|genus=Platysilurus|species=malarmo|year=2007|month=June}} P. mucosus grows to a length of at least 20 cm (7.9 in) SL.{{FishBase|genus=Platysilurus|species=mucosus|year=2007|month=June}}
References
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Category:Fish of South America
Category:Fish of the Amazon basin
Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by John Diederich Haseman
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