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Firewood catfish

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The firewood catfish is a species of South American pimelodid catfish and the sole member of the genus Sorubimichthys. It is one of hundreds of freshwater fish in the Amazon Basin that play important ecological and economic roles; known locally along the Amazon Basin as peixe-lenha, it is so named because it has little value as food and is often dried and used for firewood. Firewood catfish are also imported outside their native range as an in-demand aquarium fish. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Sorubimichthys planiceps 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Classification
System (Realm)
Freshwater 1
Sources
1. Firewood catfish (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It is one of hundreds of freshwater fish in the Amazon Basin that play important ecological and economic roles; known locally along the Amazon Basin as peixe-lenha, it is so named because it has little value as food and is often dried and used for firewood.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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2. Wikipedia: Firewood catfish
WikipediaWikidata Q27095 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
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