Brachyplatystoma [SEP] parent taxon
Brachyplatystoma
Brachyplatystoma is a genus of catfish from the family Pimelodidae. As the occasionally used common name goliath catfishes indicates, this genus includes some of the largest species of catfish, including the piraíba, "B. filamentosum", which reaches up to the region of in length. "Brachyplatystoma" are found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and other tropical freshwater and brackish habitats in South America. Some species are migratory. These fish are important as food fish and, to some extent, aquarium fish.
Taxonomy.
Prochilodus nigricans
Prochilodus nigricans, or black prochilodus, is a species of prochilodontid fish from the Amazon Basin in South America. It supports major fisheries; according to IBAMA, it is the third most caught taxon in the Brazilian Amazon by weight, after "Brachyplatystoma vaillantii" and "Semaprochilodus" spp. The black prochilodus is migratory, moving between different parts of the Amazon. The black prochilodus reaches up to in total length and in weight.