Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, commonly called piraíba, kumakuma, valentón or lau lau, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae and genus Brachyplatystoma that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basins and rivers in Guianas and northeastern Brazil.[1][2]
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Brachyplatystomafilamentosum, commonly called piraíba, kumakuma, valentón or lau lau, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae and genus Brachyplatystoma...
including the piraíba, B. filamentosum, which reaches up to the region of 3.6 metres (12 ft) in length. Brachyplatystoma are found in the Amazon and...
reliably to 4.3 m (14 ft). In South America there also exists the Brachyplatystomafilamentosum, which can reportedly reach up to 3.6 m (12 ft) and 200 kg (440 lb)...
long-whiskered catfishes grow to be very large, including the piraiba, Brachyplatystomafilamentosum, reaching about 3 m (9.8 ft) in length. They have three pairs...
boy, as well as a water buffalo.[citation needed] Piraíba (Brachyplatystomafilamentosum) can grow exceptionally large and are native to the Amazon Basin...
is matched by the arapaima (Arapaima) and piraíba catfish (Brachyplatystomafilamentosum). In each species in the family Potamotrygonidae, females reach...
mother of all catfishes', the piraíba. Featured animals Piraíba (Brachyplatystomafilamentosum) Redtail catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus) Gilded catfish...
over-exploitation are Colossoma macropomum, Arapaima gigas, Brachyplatystoma vaillantii and Brachyplatystomafilamentosum. Amazon birds with restricted distribution are...
described from the giant catfish of the amazon or Paraiba (Brachyplatystomafilamentosum) and Endorchis auchenipteri de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1999 from...
is endemic. Migratory fish include Boulengerella ocellata, Brachyplatystomafilamentosum, Hydrolycus armatus, Leiarius marmoratus, Pseudoplatystoma species...
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