Pimelodus

Pimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America.[1]

Pimelodus
Pimelodus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pimelodidae
Genus: Pimelodus
Lacépède, 1803
Type species
Pimelodus maculatus

Species

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:

  • Pimelodus absconditus Azpelicueta, 1995
  • Pimelodus albicans (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Pimelodus albofasciatus Mees, 1974
  • Pimelodus altissimus C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
  • Pimelodus argenteus Perugia, 1891 [2]
  • Pimelodus atrobrunneus Vidal & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1999
  • Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
  • Pimelodus britskii Garavello & Shibatta, 2007
  • Pimelodus coprophagus L. P. Schultz, 1944
  • Pimelodus fur (Lütken, 1874)
  • Pimelodus garciabarrigai Dahl, 1961
  • Pimelodus grosskopfii Steindachner, 1879
  • Pimelodus halisodous F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008
  • Pimelodus jivaro C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
  • Pimelodus joannis F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008
  • Pimelodus luciae M. S. Rocha & F. R. V. Ribeiro, 2010 [3]
  • Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803
  • Pimelodus microstoma Steindachner, 1877
  • Pimelodus multicratifer F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & Oyakawa, 2011 [4]
  • Pimelodus mysteriosus Azpelicueta, 1998
  • Pimelodus navarroi L. P. Schultz, 1944
  • Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1858
  • Pimelodus ortmanni Haseman, 1911
  • Pimelodus pantaneiro Souza-Filho & Shibatta, 2007
  • Pimelodus paranaensis Britski & Langeani, 1988
  • Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876
  • Pimelodus pintado Azpelicueta, Lundberg & Loureiro, 2008
  • Pimelodus platicirris Borodin, 1927
  • Pimelodus pohli F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006
  • Pimelodus punctatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
  • Pimelodus quadratus P. H. F. Lucinda, F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2016 [5]
  • Pimelodus stewarti F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008
  • Pimelodus tetramerus F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Pimelodus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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