Peru Piraíba

Brachyplatystoma capapretum

A giant duck billed catfish of the Amazon

Peru Piraíba is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Brachyplatystoma
Maximum length: 58.1 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: South America: Amazon River from Belém, Brazil upriver to at least Iquitos, Peru, and several large tributary rivers and lakes including Trombetas, Madeira, Negro, Manacapuru, Purus, Tefé, Juruá, Jutaí, and Içá.

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