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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Zungaro: Native name Zungaro, applied to many large Pimelodids (Ref. 45335).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.2; dH range: ? - 18; potamodromo (Ref. 138143). Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)
South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 140 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36506)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Specimens measuring 130 cm and weighing 50 kg are not rare. In the Amazon, this fish is found quite upstream, in the main bed of the big tributaries with muddy bottom (Ref. 35381). Mainly piscivorous, hunts at night, sometimes going into flood prone areas of rivers. Some migrations in pursuit of migrating Triportheus and Anodus have been reported. Sexually mature upon reaching 10 kg weight. The nursery ground is at the river mouths (Ref. 35381).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Silfvergrip, A.M.C., 1992. Zungaro, a senior synonym of Paulicea (Teleostei: Pimelodidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(4):305-310. (Ref. 26389)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01514 (0.00995 - 0.02303), b=3.03 (2.91 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 54.6 [16.3, 121.7] mg/100g; Iron = 1.33 [0.68, 2.58] mg/100g; Protein = 17.5 [15.7, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.432 [0.168, 1.121] g/100g; Selenium = 87.9 [34.6, 198.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.4 [8.6, 100.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.812 [0.531, 1.218] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |