arrowhead shovelnose catfish

Les Sorubim sont un genre de poissons siluriformes d'eau douce de la famille des pimelodidés, natifs d'Amérique du Sud.

Sorubim is a small genus of long-whiskered catfish native to tropical South America. A number of characteristics allows the differentiation of each species in the genus. Sorubim species are important food fish in South America and are highly significant to fisheries of some areas; however, harvests of these fish are not identified as much as other, more popular food fishes such as Colossoma, Arapaima, and Brachyplatystoma.

Sorubim trigonocephalus es una especie de pez de la familia Pimelodidae en el orden de los Siluriformes. Morfología • Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 50,7 cm de longitud total. Número de vértebras: 58.