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Peru Piraíba

Brachyplatystoma capapretum

Classification

Brachyplatystoma capapretum, the dark caped goliath catfish, Peru piraíba, false piraíba, or filhote da capa preta, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to rivers of Brazil and Peru. Description B. capapretum, described in 2005, was previously confused with B.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 9