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Pimelodella

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Genus of fishes

Pimelodella
Pimelodella gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Pimelodella
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Type species
Pimelodus cristatus
J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Typhlobagrus A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1907
  • Caecorhamdella Borodin, 1927

Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes.

Pimelodella is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of taxonomic revision.

This genus is found on both sides of the Andes, ranging from Panama to Paraguay and southern Brazil. With the exception of P. chagresi, all members of the genus are restricted to South America. This genus includes two species of troglobitic catfishes, P. kronei and P. spelaea.

Species

There are currently 81 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Trajano, Eleonara; Reis, Roberto E.; Bichuette, Maria Elina (2004). "Pimelodella spelaea: A New Cave Catfish from Central Brazil, with Data on Ecology and Evolutionary Considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia. 2004 (2): 315–325. doi:10.1643/ci-03-144r1. S2CID 86184371.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pimelodella". FishBase. November 2024 version.
  3. Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian; Albornoz-Garzón, Juan; Garcia Melo, Jorge; Dergam, Jorge; Villa-Navarro, Francisco (2019). "A new species of Pimelodella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia". Zootaxa. 4668 (4): 562–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.8. PMID 31716611.
Taxon identifiers
Pimelodella
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