Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
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Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, the gilded catfish or dourada, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of French Guiana.[2][3][4]
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Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: | Brachyplatystoma |
Species: | B. rousseauxii |
Binomial name | |
Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castelnau, 1855) | |
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Named in honor of Louis Rousseau (1811-1874), assistant naturalist, Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Paris.[5]