Pseudoplatystoma punctifer or spotted tiger shovelnose catfish[2] is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon basin, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

[3] It is a commercially farmed species, and it is difficult to harvest as it appears to be highly selective with its diet[4] and exhibits cannibalistic behaviors.

Other behaviors and developmental patterns vary based on both diet as well as parental behaviors that influence the organisms development from the Larval stage.

[5] This species reaches a maximum of 140 cm (55 in) in total length; 37–40 vertebrae.

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