Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical; 7°N - 27°S, 57°W - 34°W
South America: French Guiana and Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 18.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39852); max. published weight: 144.00 g (Ref. 118626)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Marceniuk, A.P. and N.A. Menezes, 2007. Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa 1416:1-126. (Ref. 58022)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
Human uses
Tools
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