Pseudoplatystoma corruscans  (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
Image contributors to this species:
Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) Frants Lehmann (2 Stamps) Jean-Francois Helias (1) Peru Aquarium Group (1)
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Relevant Information:	Now found in Thailand, Asia, where this large South American Pim has now been introduced to large ponds and fishing lakes for sport fishing along with other similar sized members of the Pimelodidae family such as Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, Sorubimichthys planiceps and the Red Tail Catfish Phractocephalus hemiolopterus.
Common Name:	Spotted shovelnose
Synonyms:	Sorubim caparary, Platystoma corruscans, Platystoma coruscans, Silurus macrocephalus
Family:	Pimelodidaeycipitidae
Distribution:	South America: Sao Francisco and Paraná River basins. Type locality: in flumine S. Francisci, Brazil.
Size:	150cm. ( 5ft 4ins)
Temp:	22-26°C (71-77°F)
p.H.	6.0-7.0.
Reference:	Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.