Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus és una espècie de peix de la família dels loricàrids i de l'ordre dels siluriformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 50 cm de longitud total.FishBase Baensch, H.A. i R. Riehl, 1991. Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Alemanya. 1104 p.

Alimentació Menja algues,Riehl, R. i H.A. Baensch, 1996. Aquarien Atlas, Band 1. 10a. edició. Mergus Verlag GmBH, Melle, Alemanya. 992 p. cucs, larves d'insectes i d'altres animals aquàtics bentònics.Yamamoto, M.N. i A.W. Tagawa, 2000. Hawai'i's native and exotic freshwater animals. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu, Hawaii. 200 p.

Hàbitat És un peix d'aigua dolça i de clima tropical (23 °C-27 °C).Riehl, R. i H.A. Baensch, 1991. Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Alemanya. 992 p.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Amèrica: conca del riu Orinoco i l'Argentina.López, H.L., R.C. Menni i A.M. Miguelarena, 1987. Lista de los peces de agua dulce de la Argentina. Biología Acuática Núm. 12, 50 p. (Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet"). Ha estat introduït a TaiwanLiang, S.-H., L.-C. Chuang i M.-H. Chang, 2006. The Pet Trade as a Source of Invasive Fish in Taiwan. Taiwania, 51(2): 93-98, 2006 i els Estats Units (incloent-hi les HawaiiYamamoto, M.N., 1992. Occurrence, distribution and abundance of accidentally introduced freshwater aquatic organisms in Hawaii. State of Hawaii, Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration, Dingell-Johnson JOR. Freshwater Fisheries Research and Surveys, Project Núm. F-14-R-16.Mundy, B.C., 2005. Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704.).Courtenay, W.R. Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor i J.A. McCann, 1984. Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. p. 41-77. A: W.R. Courtenay, Jr. i J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (editors) Distribution, biology and management of exotic fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Estats Units.Eldredge, L.G., 1994. Freshwater fishes. p. 73-84. A: L.G. Eldredge, Perspectives in aquatic exotic species management in the Pacific Islands. Vol. 1. Introductions of commercially significant aquatic organisms to the Pacific Islands. South Pacific Commission, Nova Caledònia.Liang, S.-H., H.-P. Wu i B.-S. Shieh, 2005. Size structure, reproductive phenology, and sex ratio of an exotic armored catfish (Liposarcus multiradiatus) in the Kaoping River of southern Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 44(2):252-259.Ortega, H. i R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25.

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