Gilded catfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Zungaro |
| Species: | Z. zungaro
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| Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt in Humboldt and Valenciennes, 1821)
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The gilded catfish or jau (Zungaro zungaro) is a South American catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is also known as manguruyu or black manguruyu.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypic genus Zungaro.[2] However, some sources list other species as valid, such as Zungaro jahu.[3] This species may be referred to by one of its synonyms, Brachyplatystoma flavicans.[4] This species contains two subspecies, Z. z. mangurus and Z. z. zungaro.[5]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
They are sexually mature upon reaching 10 kg (22 lb) weight.[4] This fish native to the Orinoco and Amazon basins; in the Amazon, this fish is found quite upstream, in the main bed of the big tributaries with muddy bottoms.[4]
Description[edit]
This fish reaches 140 cm (55 in) in total length, and specimens measuring 130 cm (51 in) and weighing 50 kg (110 lb) are not rare.[4] These fish are mainly piscivorous, hunt at night, and sometimes go into flood-prone areas of rivers. Some migrations in pursuit of migrating Triportheus and Anodus have been reported. The nursery ground is at the mouths of rivers.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Common names of Zungaro zungaro". fishbase.se.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). Species of Zungaro in FishBase. May 2007 version.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Zungaro zungaro" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ "Zungaro zungaro". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
External links[edit]
- Pimelodidae
- Catfish of South America
- Freshwater fish of Argentina
- Fish of Bolivia
- Catfish of Brazil
- Freshwater fish of Colombia
- Magdalena River
- Freshwater fish of Ecuador
- Fish of French Guiana
- Fish of Guyana
- Fish of Paraguay
- Freshwater fish of Peru
- Fish of Suriname
- Fish of Uruguay
- Fish of Venezuela
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fish described in 1821
- Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt