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Species related to Brachyplatystoma platynema: [ 2 ] records

platynema, Brachyplatystoma Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:477 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 2 (no. 12) (art. 58); ref. 545] Pará, Brazil. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.10.11.20. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:331 [ref. 29155]. The species epithet is an indeclinable noun. Grant 2021:40 [ref. 38702] maintains platynemum which he considers in prevailing usage. •Valid as Goslinia platynema (Boulenger 1898) -- (Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Chang & Ortega 1995:4 [ref. 24302], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:436 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger 1898 -- (Lundberg & Akama 2005:498 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:331 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:114 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:164, 192 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35633], Grant 2021:40 [ref. 38702] as platynemum, Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39298] as platynemum, Chuctaya et al. 2022:47 [ref. 42137] as platynemum, Lasso & Morales-Betancourt in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:222 [ref. 40783], Torrico-Destre et al. 2024:231 [ref. 41874]). Current status: Valid as Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger 1898. Pimelodidae: Sorubiminae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

steerei, Taenionema Eigenmann [C. H.] & Bean [B. A.] 1907:662, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1503); ref. 1247] Amazon River, between Para and Manaos [Manaus], Brazil. Holotype (unique): USNM 52571. Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:39 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:331 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Goslinia platynema (Boulenger 1888) -- (Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:436 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma platynemum Boulenger 1898 -- (Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:331 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:40 [ref. 38702]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger 1898. Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma platynema Boulenger 1898. Pimelodidae: Sorubiminae. Habitat: freshwater.