WoRMS taxon details
Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
Ginesia Fernández-Yépez, 1951 · unaccepted
Goslinia Myers, 1941 · unaccepted
Merodontotus Britski, 1981 · unaccepted
Piramutana Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
Piratinga Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
Taenionema Eigenmann & Bean, 1907 · unaccepted
- Species Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819)
- Species Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Brachyplatystoma goeldii Eigenmann & Bean, 1907 accepted as Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819)
- Species Brachyplatystoma parnahybae Steindachner, 1908 accepted as Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840) accepted as Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling)
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268586 on 2025-04-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Merodontotus Britski, 1981) Britski, H. A. (1981). Sobre um novo gênero e espécie de Sorubiminae da Amazônia (Pisces, Siluriformes). <em>Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo.</em> v. 34 (no. 7): 109-11. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
