Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum

Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum, the striped sorubim, is a species of long-whiskered catfish of the family Pimelodidae, native to South America. It is endemic to the Magdalena River drainage in Colombia, including the Cauca River, and the species name refers to that river. It is a freshwater, demersal fish of tropical waters and reaches about 100 centimetres in total length. It is told apart from its relatives in the genus by features such as wide, straight, dark vertical bars on the sides, an adipose fin with six or seven large spots, 43 vertebrae and caudal fin rays that are fused rather than separated. The International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed it as Endangered on 10 October 2014 under criterion A2d.