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Pimelodidae
Gilded catfish
Zungaro zungaro
Night hunting migrations follow moving prey schools
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
LargeGilded catfish is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 140 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Zungaro
- Maximum length
- 140 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Class
Family
