French Guiana country information

Common names: Axakwan, Letkaima, Pilau
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Boujard, T., M. Pascal, F.J. Meunier and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1997
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs mainly in the Approuague and the Oyapock and sometimes in the other rivers (Ref. 35381). Highly appreciated by the local population (Ref. 27188).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Le Bail, P.-Y., P. Keith and P. Planquette, 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bagre laulao, Bagre blando, Lau-lau, ... more

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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Brachyplatystoma: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, platys = flat + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten; brackvatten bottenlevande; flodvandrande (Ref. 51243). Subtropical

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South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of the Guianas and northeastern Brazil. Reported from Argentina (Ref. 9086).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 360 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 36506); common length : 120 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5217); publicerad maxvikt: 200.0 kg (Ref. 27188)

Juveniles and subadults may be found in brackish water of river mouths. Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds on fish (Ref. 27188). Stomach contents are said to include parts of monkeys. In parts of the Amazon, this catfish occasionally makes prey of a man (Ref. 6868). Flesh considered excellent quality (Ref. 5217). Captured using nets and longlines (Ref. 35381). Threatened due to over harvesting (Ref. 58490).

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003. Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes). p. 432-446. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36506)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 December 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00491 - 0.01545), b=3.12 (2.97 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.79 se; based on food items.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819)