Propimelodus eigenmanni
van der Stigchel, 1946
(Type species)
dedicated Eigenmann, ?
Synonyms
Pimelodus eigenmanni
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
200.0 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
(Prefered) River depth
2.00 - 30.00 m
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
vi / 9 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
5 soft rays
vi / 9 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Mees, G.F., 1986 "Records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from French Guiana (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 314
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 441
- Van der Stigchel, J.W.R., 1946 "The South American Nematognathi of the Museums at Leiden and Amsterdam"
- Lundberg, J.G. & Parisi, B.M., 2002 "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel, 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae, Siluriformes)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 152, P. 76)
- Parisi, B.M.; Lundberg, J.G. & Donascimiento, C., 2006 "Propimelodus caesius a New Species of Long-Finned Pimelodid Catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from the Amazon Basin, South America" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 155, P. 67)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 340)
- Rocha, M.S.; de Oliveira, R.R. & Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., 2007 "A new species of Propimelodus Lundberg & Parisi, 2002 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil" (Neotropiacal Ichthyology, Vol. 5 No. 3, P. 279)
- PCF
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