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Pimelodidae
redtail catfish
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
One Hundred Thirty Five Centimeters Catfish of the Amazon Basin
- Red
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Largeredtail catfish is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 135 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Phractocephalus
- Maximum length
- 135 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Class
Family
