Pimelodus platicirris
Borodin, 1927
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 23 cm
Standard length (documented)
190.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
long
10 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
10 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
only known from holotype
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
- Azpelicueta, M. de las M., 2001 "A new species of Pimelodus (Siluriformes:Pimelodidae) from the upper Paraná basin, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 198
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 440
- Borodin, N.A., 1927 "Pimelodus Platicirris, New Species, And Other Notes on Brazilian Catfishes" (American Museum Novitates, No. 271, P. 2)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 339)
- Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Lucena, C.A.S., 2007 "Pimelodus microstoma Steindachner, 1877, a valid species of pimelodid catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the upper rio Paraná drainage" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol.5 No. 1, P. 77)
- Azpelicueta, de las M.; Lundberg, John G. & Loureiro, Marcelo, 2008 "Pimelodus pintado (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a new species of catfish from affluent rivers of Laguna Merín, Uruguay, South America" (abstract) (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 157, P. 155)
- Ribeiro, F.R.V.; de Lucena, C.A.S. & Oyakawa, O.T., 2011 "A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 1, P. 128)
- Costa e Silva, T.; Ribeiro, F.V.R.; Lucena, C.A.S. & Lucinda, P.H.F., 2018 "Pimelodus speciosus (Teleostei: Pimelodidae), a new catfish species from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 28, No. 2, P. 106)
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for the pictures
Marcelo Rocha (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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