gilded catfish
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Zungaro zungaro.jpg
| image_caption = de Castelnau, 1821
| image2 = Zungaro zungaro Napo.png
| image2_caption = Napo River basin
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Zungaro
| species = zungaro
| authority = (Humboldt in Humboldt and Valenciennes, 1821)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
- Zungaro zungaro mangurus
(Valenciennes, 1835) - Zungaro zungaro zungaro
(Humboldt, 1821)
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
- Pimelodus zungaro
Humboldt, 1821 - Bagrus flavicans
Castelnau, 1855 - Brachyplatystoma flavicans
(Castelnau, 1855) - Zungaro humboldtii
Bleeker, 1858 - Paulicea luetkeni
(Steindachner, 1877)
}}
The gilded catfish, Jau catfish or dourado catfish, (Zungaro zungaro) is a South American catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is also known as manguruyu or black manguruyu.{{cite web |title=Common names of Zungaro zungaro |url=https://www.fishbase.se/ComNames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=47756&GenusName=Zungaro&SpeciesName=zungaro&StockCode=40125 |website=fishbase.se}}
Taxonomy
By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypic genus Zungaro.{{FishBase genus|genus=Zungaro|year=2007|month=May}} However, some sources list other species as valid, such as Zungaro jahu.{{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 }} This species may be referred to by one of its synonyms, Brachyplatystoma flavicans. This species contains two subspecies, Z. z. mangurus and Z. z. zungaro.{{ITIS |id=681805 |taxon=Zungaro zungaro |accessdate=26 May 2007}}
Distribution and habitat
They are sexually mature upon reaching {{cvt|10|kg|lb}} weight. This fish native to the Orinoco and Amazon basins; in the Amazon, this fish is found quite upstream, in the main bed of the big tributaries with muddy bottoms.
Description
This fish reaches {{cvt|140|cm|in|round=0.5}} in total length, and specimens measuring {{cvt|130|cm|in|round=0.5}} and weighing {{cvt|50|kg|lb}} are not rare.{{FishBase species|genus=Zungaro|species=zungaro|year=2012|month=February}} These fish are mainly piscivorous, hunt at night, and sometimes go into flood-prone areas of rivers. Some migrations in pursuit of migrating Triportheus and Anodus have been reported. The nursery ground is at the mouths of rivers.
References
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External links
- {{cite dissertation|author=Jacqueline Da Silva Batista|year=2001|publisher=Universidade do Amazonas|degree=Master's|title=Estimativa da variabilidade genética intra-específica da dourada - Brachyplatystoma flavicans Castelnau 1855 (Pimelodidae – Siluriformes) no Sistema Estuário Amazonas-Solimões |trans-title=Estimation of intraspecific genetic variability of the dourada - Brachyplatystoma flavicans Castelnau 1855 (Pimelodidae – Siluriformes) in the Amazon-Solimões Estuary System|lang=pt-br|url=http://pirada.org/download/dissertacoes/jacqueline-2001.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823204951/http://pirada.org/download/dissertacoes/jacqueline-2001.pdf |archive-date=23 August 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://aquariacentral.com/species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0293&view_records=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409182517/http://aquariacentral.com/species/db.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0293&view_records=1|archive-date=9 April 2007|title=Gilded Catfish AKA: Dourado Catfish {{!}} Brachyplatystoma flavicans (Castelnau, 1855)|website=aquariacentral}}
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Category:Catfish of South America
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Category:Freshwater fish of Colombia
Category:Freshwater fish of Ecuador
Category:Fish of French Guiana
Category:Freshwater fish of Peru
Category:Fish of the Amazon basin