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Megalonema argentinum (MacDonagh, 1938)

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Argentina country information

Common names: Patí de aletas negras
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in upper rio Paraná (Ref. 56308). Also Ref. 6868.
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lopez, H.L., R.C. Menni and A.M. Miguelarena, 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

阿根廷大丝油鲶, Patí de aletas negras, 阿根廷大絲油鯰, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Megalonema: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, nema = filament (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce demersal.   Temperate

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Paraná River basin, Argentina.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36506)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Reaches at least 27.1 cm SL (Ref. 36506).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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