Pterygoplichthys pardalis ( Castelnau, 1855 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018852
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scientific name	Pterygoplichthys pardalis ( Castelnau, 1855 )
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Pterygoplichthys pardalis ( Castelnau, 1855) View in CoL [N]—Amazon sailfin catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Hypostomus pardalis Castelnau, 1855: 42 View in CoL , Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [Amazon River, Brazil; holotype (unique): MNHN A-9574].— Iraq synonyms: Liposarcus pardalis ( Castelnau, 1855) View in CoL .—Revisions: Isbrücker (1980: 42).—Illustration: Castelnau (1855: pl. 20, fig. 3).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Qasim & Jawad (2022). — Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Shatt al-Arab River.—General distribution: South America:Amazon River basin ( Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru). Introduced in Italy, Turkey, and Asia; established in Florida and Puerto Rico ( U.S.A.), Central America ( Guatemala, Costa Rica), Colombia and Sri Lanka.— Habitat: This species preferably inhabits quiet, shallow waters in mud-bottomed and sand-bottomed canals and ponds. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).