Pimelodus
Pimelodus | |
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Pimelodus maculatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Pimelodidae |
Genus: | Pimelodus Lacépède, 1803 |
Type species | |
Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803
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Pimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America.[1]
Species[]
There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:
- , 1995
- (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Mees, 1974
- C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
- Pimelodus argenteus , 1891 [2]
- & , 1999
- Valenciennes, 1840
- & , 2007
- L. P. Schultz, 1944
- (Lütken, 1874)
- , 1961
- Steindachner, 1879
- , & , 2008
- C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
- Pimelodus joannis , & , 2008
- & , 2010 [3]
- Lacépède, 1803
- Steindachner, 1877
- , & , 2011 [4]
- , 1998
- L. P. Schultz, 1944
- Kner, 1858
- , 1911
- & , 2007
- & , 1988
- Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876
- , & , 2008
- , 1927
- Pimelodus pohli & , 2006
- (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
- , & , 2016 [5]
- , & , 2008
- & , 2006
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Pimelodus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ^ Rocha, M.S. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2014): Taxonomy of Pimelodus brevis Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), an uncertain species from the rio Paraná basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (4): 755-760.
- ^ Rocha, M.S. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2010): A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Itacaiunas, rio Tocantins basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 2343: 57–65.
- ^ Ribeiro, F.R.V., Lucena, C.A.S.d. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2011): A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (1): 127-134.
- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F., Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Lucena, C.A.S. (2016): Pimelodus quadratus, a new long-whiskered catfish from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 337-345.
Categories:
- Pimelodus
- Catfish genera
- Freshwater fish genera
- Pimelodidae
- Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède