Gilded catfish
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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.[1]
Taxonomy
By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypic genus Zungaro.[2] However, some sources list other species as valid, such as Zungaro jahu.[3] This species may be referred to by one of its synonyms, Brachyplatystoma flavicans.[4] This species contains two subspecies, Z. z. mangurus and Z. z. zungaro.[5]
Distribution and habitat
They are sexually mature upon reaching Template:Cvt weight.[4] 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.[4]
Description
This fish reaches Template:Cvt in total length, and specimens measuring Template:Cvt and weighing Template:Cvt are not rare.[4] 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.[4]
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- Pimelodidae
- Catfish of South America
- Freshwater fish of Argentina
- Fish of Bolivia
- Catfish of Brazil
- Freshwater fish of Colombia
- Magdalena River
- Freshwater fish of Ecuador
- Fish of French Guiana
- Fish of Guyana
- Fish of Paraguay
- Freshwater fish of Peru
- Fish of Suriname
- Fish of Uruguay
- Fish of Venezuela
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fish described in 1821
- Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt