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Pimelodidae
Duckbill catfish
Sorubim lima
Fifty Four Point Two Centimeters Catfish of the Brazilian Coast
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargeSorubim lima is a species of fish of the Pimelodidae family in the order Siluriformes.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Sorubim
- Maximum length
- 54.2 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná and Parnaíba River basins. Syntopic with S. elongatus in the Orinoco basin and with S. elongatus and S. maniradii in the upper Amazon drainage of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (Ref. 57983 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
