WoRMS taxon details
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819)
279984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279984)
accepted
Species
Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907 · unaccepted
Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819 · unaccepted
Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819 · unaccepted
Piratinga piraaiba Goeldi, 1898 · unaccepted
Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
Sorubimichthys gigas (Günther, 1872) · unaccepted
(of Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1819). Ueber einige neue Arten von Fischen aus der Gattung Silurus. <em>Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann).</em> 1819, v. 1 (pt 3): 57-63.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 60 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279984 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907) De Santana, C. D.; Vari, R. P. (2010). Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 159(1): 223-371., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00588.x [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1819). Ueber einige neue Arten von Fischen aus der Gattung Silurus. <em>Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann).</em> 1819, v. 1 (pt 3): 57-63.
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1819). Ueber einige neue Arten von Fischen aus der Gattung Silurus. <em>Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann).</em> 1819, v. 1 (pt 3): 57-63.
page(s): 58 [details]
original description (of Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
[request]original description (of Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1819). Ueber einige neue Arten von Fischen aus der Gattung Silurus. <em>Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann).</em> 1819, v. 1 (pt 3): 57-63.
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819) Lichtenstein, M. H. C. (1819). Ueber einige neue Arten von Fischen aus der Gattung Silurus. <em>Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann).</em> 1819, v. 1 (pt 3): 57-63.
page(s): 58 [details]
original description (of Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sorubimichthys gigas (Günther, 1872))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sorubimichthys gigas (Günther, 1872))
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872)
To Fishbase (from synonym Piratinga piraaiba Goeldi, 1898)
To FishBase images (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, by Sabaj Pérez, M.H.)
To GenBank (308 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (308 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To GenBank (308 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3104844) (from synonym Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachyplatystoma goeldii USNM 52561 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sorubimichthys gigas (Günther, 1872))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sorubimichthys gigas (Günther, 1872))
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platystoma affine Valenciennes, 1840)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872)
To Fishbase (from synonym Piratinga piraaiba Goeldi, 1898)
To FishBase images (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, by Sabaj Pérez, M.H.)
To GenBank (308 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (308 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodes filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To GenBank (308 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein, 1819)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3104844) (from synonym Platystoma gigas Günther, 1872)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brachyplatystoma goeldii USNM 52561 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907)
To ITIS
