Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Brachyplatystoma tigrinum | |
|---|---|
| Yasuní National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Brachyplatystoma |
| Species: | B. tigrinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski, 1981) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Brachyplatystoma tigrinum, the zebra shovelnose, or tigerstriped catfish, is a large species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.[2][3] It is entirely piscivorous.[3][4]
