Hypophthalmus marginatus
| Hypophthalmus marginatus | |
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| Scale bar = 1 cm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Hypophthalmus |
| Species: | H. marginatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypophthalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1840
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Hypophthalmus marginatus, commonly called the Mapará, is a species of demersal potamodromous catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basins of Brazil, Peru and major rivers of French Guiana and Suriname.[2]
Description
It grows to a length of 55 cm (22 in).[3]
Ecology
A parasite of the esophageal musculature, Kudoa amazonica was found from the fish.[4][5]
References
- ^ Salvador, G.N. (2024). "Hypophthalmus marginatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T49830361A91630759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T49830361A91630759.en. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypophthalmus marginatus". FishBase. June 2020 version.
- ^ "Cat-eLog Pimelodidae - Hypophthalmus marginatus". Planet Catfish. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ Michele Velasco; Marcela Videira; José Mauro Viana da Silva; Osimar Sanches; Patrícia Santos Matos; Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente; Edilson Matos (November 2015). "Esophageal infection due to Kudoa sp. (Myxozoa) in mapara catfish, Hypophthalmus marginatus". Aquaculture Reports. 2: 22–25.
- ^ Michele Velasco; José Ledamir Sindeaux Neto; Marcela Videira; Luciana de Cássia Silva do Nascimento; Evonnildo Costa Gonçalves; Edilson Matos (May 2019). "Kudoa amazonica n. sp. (Myxozoa; Multivalvulida), a parasite of the esophageal musculature of the freshwater catfish, Hypophthalmus marginatus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), from a river of the Amazon region". Microbial Pathogenesis. 130: 247–252.
External links
- Patrick Hainfellner; Rafael Yutaka Kuradomi; Thiago Gonçalves de Souza; Rafael Tomoda Sato; Daniel Guimarães Figueiredo-Ariki; Guilherme Antônio de Freitas; Luciano Queiroz; Wagner C. Valenti; Patricia Moraes Valenti; Wei Ge; Sergio Ricardo Batlouni (19 August 2019). "Reproductive cycle of the Amazonian planktivorous catfish Hypophthalmus marginatus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae)".