Sorubim

Sorubim
Sorubim lima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Sorubim
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Silurus lima
Synonyms
  • Platystoma
    Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  • Sorubium
    Swainson, 1838
  • Abron
    Gistel, 1848

Sorubim is a small genus of long-whiskered catfish native to tropical South America.[1] 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.[2] Some species of this family are popular aquarium fish.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sorubim". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference littmann was invoked but never defined (see the help page).