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Pimelodidae
Laulao catfish
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
Catfish in the Orinoco Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
LargeLaulao catfish is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Brachyplatystoma
- Maximum length
- 150 cm
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of the Guianas and northeastern Brazil.
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