Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus ( Weber, 1991 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10167682 |
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Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus ( Weber, 1991 ) |
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Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus ( Weber, 1991) View in CoL [I]—Vermiculated sailfin catfish; None
Taxonomy. Original description: Liposarcus disjunctivus Weber, 1991: 638 View in CoL [Rio Madeira, Amazon River system, Restauracao, Amazonas, Brazil; holotype: MZUSP 28360 View Materials ]. — Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Weber (1855: 42, Pl. 20 (fig. 3)).
Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Golani & Snovsky (2013).—Israel material: HUJ.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: Several specimens were collected in Nahal Amal.—Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea basin.—General distribution: South America: Madeira River basin ( Bolivia and Brazil). Introduced in Türkiye, southeast Asia, Mexico, and Guatemala; established in Florida ( U.S.A.) and elsewhere.— Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat:This species is frequent and abundant in lentic environments, including anthropized ones. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.
Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus ( Weber, 1991 )
| Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel 2023 |
Liposarcus disjunctivus
| Weber 1991: 638 |