WoRMS taxon details
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)
279985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279985)
accepted
Species
Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858 · unaccepted
Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858 · unaccepted
Brachyplatystoma parnahybae Steindachner, 1908 · unaccepted
Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1858) · unaccepted
Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
(of Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279985 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858) Kner, R. (1858). Ichthyologische Beiträge. II. Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 26 (s. 373): 373-448, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858) Kner, R. (1858). Ichthyologische Beiträge. II. Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 26 (s. 373): 373-448, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Brachyplatystoma parnahybae Steindachner, 1908) Steindachner, F. (1908). Über eine während der brasilianischen Expedition entdeckte Brachyplatystoma-Art aus dem Rio Parnahyba und über eine dicht gefleckte und gestrichelte Varietät von Giton fasciatus aus den Gewässern von Santos (Staat Sao Paulo). <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 45 (no. 9) (for 11 Mar. 1908): 126-130. [details]
original description (of Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858) Kner, R. (1858). Ichthyologische Beiträge. II. Abtheilung. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 26 (s. 373): 373-448, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Brachyplatystoma parnahybae Steindachner, 1908) Steindachner, F. (1908). Über eine während der brasilianischen Expedition entdeckte Brachyplatystoma-Art aus dem Rio Parnahyba und über eine dicht gefleckte und gestrichelte Varietät von Giton fasciatus aus den Gewässern von Santos (Staat Sao Paulo). <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> v. 45 (no. 9) (for 11 Mar. 1908): 126-130. [details]
original description (of Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
original description (of Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835
page(s): 204 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1858))
To Fishbase (from synonym Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase images (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii, Guyana, by Holm, E.)
To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Bagrus piramuta Kner, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Piramutana piramuta (Kner, 1858))
To Fishbase (from synonym Bagrus reticulatus Kner, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus vaillantii Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase images (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii, Guyana, by Holm, E.)
To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes, 1840)
To GenBank (239 nucleotides; 50 proteins) (from synonym Brachyplatystoma vaillanti (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
