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Etymology: Scaphirhynchus: Greek, skaphe, -eos = boat + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); platorynchus: From the words platy, meaning broad and rynchus, meaning snout (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Rafinesque.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce demersal; potamódromo (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2060); 50°N - 30°N

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North America: USA in Mississippi River basin from west Pennsylvania to Montana and south to Louisiana; Mobile Bay drainage, Alabama and Mississippi; upper Rio Grande, New Mexico.

Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m 54.7, range 45 - ? cm
Max length : 108 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 86798); common length : 72.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 12193); peso máx. publicado: 4.9 kg (Ref. 4699); idade máx. registrada: 43 anos (Ref. 50937)

Descrição suscinta Morfologia | Morfometria

Bases of outer barbels in line with or ahead of inner barbels (Ref. 86798).

Occurs in the bottom of main channels and embayments of large turbid rivers; frequently in flowing water over sand and mixed with gravel and mud. Feeds primarily on larvae of aquatic insects (especially burrowing mayflies, caddis larvae and midge larvae (Ref. 10294)), worms, and crustaceans (Ref. 50937). Spawning occurs from April to June in large rivers in areas of swift current and coarse substrates (Ref. 10294).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerável, ver Livro Vermelho da UICN (VU) (A2bce); Date assessed: 14 September 2019

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

Harmless

Uso pelos humanos

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Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820)