Pseudoplatystoma The currently recognized species in this genus include: The distribution of "Pseudoplatystoma" species includes the great river basins of South America: the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná, São Francisco, Magdalena, Rupununi, Essequibo, and Suriname Rivers. They can also be found in the Cuiabá river, located in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso.They have not been reported from river basins draining into the Pacific. "P. fasciatum" inhabits the Guyana region, including the Essequibo and Suriname Rivers and their tributaries, in Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. "P. tigrinum" is found in the Amazon River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. "P. corruscans" originates
White-fronted manakin north of the Amazon River. The species is not found south of the Amazon River into the southeast Amazon Basin. The contiguous range in the Guianas, in the east encompasses all of French Guiana, and in the center country of Suriname, divides the country diagonally, being found in the southeast parts bordering French Guiana. Some disjunct locale areas of Guyana besides the southeast continuous range occur in Guyana's southwest at the headwaters of the Essequibo River and the Guiana Shield. This bird has a very wide range, is fairly common and is presumed to have a large total population. The