Brachyplatystoma juruense, the zebra catfish, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basin of Peri and Rio Juruá, northwestern Brazil, as well as Peru and Venezuela.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Brachyplatystoma |
| Species: | B. juruense
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachyplatystoma juruense (Boulenger, 1898)
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It grows to a length of 60.0 cm.[1] The fish inhabits larger, deeper river channels with a sandy substrate with some large chunks of driftwood.[2]
Adult have broad dark vertical, oblique or branching bands. Ventrum is pale yellowish. Caudal fin blotched or barred. The juvenile form is sometimes confused with B. tigrinum.[2]
It is entirely piscivorous preying on loricariids and other bottom-dwelling fish.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brachyplatystoma juruense". FishBase. June 2020 version.
- ^ a b c "Brachyplatystoma juruense (BOULENGER, 1898) - Gold Zebra Catfish". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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