IRMNG taxon details
basis of record
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2010 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]
verified source for family
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
verified source for family
WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]
name verified source
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2010 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
current name source
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
current name source
WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]
extant flag source
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]
habitat flag source
FishBase [details]
original description
(of Piramutana Bleeker, 1858) Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. Amst., 1 page(s): 99 [details]
original description
(of Malacobagrus Bleeker, 1862) Versl. Mededeel. Akad. Amsterdam, 14 page(s): 392 [details]
original description
(of Merodontotus Britski, 1981) Papeis avuls. Zool. S. Paulo 34 (7) page(s): 109 [details]
original description
(of Taenionema Eigenmann & Bean, 1907) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 31 page(s): 662 [details]
original description
(of Goslinia Myers, 1941) Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., 2 page(s): 88 [details]
original description
(of Piratinga Bleeker, 1858) Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. Amst., 1 page(s): 99 [details]
Unverified
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]
Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
Taxonomic remark Lundberg & Akama 2005 will apply applying to the ICZN to maintain usage of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker over two earlier names that are relatively unused since 1899 (Piramutana and Piratinga). ICZN Opinion 2208 (2008) gave precedence to Brachyplatystoma over Piratinga and Piramutana. (Eschmeyer). [details]
Type species as cited Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes 1840 [details]
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