Synonyms
Engel-Antennenwels
Engelsantennenwels
Engelswels
Pictus Cat
Pictus Pimelodus
Pimelodella picta
Pimelodella pictus
Pimpictus
Engelsantennenwels
Engelswels
Pictus Cat
Pictus Pimelodus
Pimelodella picta
Pimelodella pictus
Pimpictus
Length (total)
approx. 17 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
pH
5.5 - 7.0
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
long
iii - iv / 7 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
iii - iv / 7 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Über einige neue Fischarten, insbesondere Characinen und Siluroiden aus dem Amazonenstrome" (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 74, P. 144)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 295)
- Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Lucena, C.A.S. de, 2006 "Nova espécie de Pimelodus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) dos rios Tapajós e Tocantins, Brasil" (Iheringia, Série Zoologia, Vol. 96 No. 3, P. 326)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 338)
- 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, Vol. 2343, P. 63)
- 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)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 114)
- Hardy, A.R.; Steinworth, B.M. & Hale, M.E., 2016 "Touch sensation by pectoral fins of the catfish Pimelodus pictus" (Proceedings of the Royal Society B)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 94)
- 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)
- PCF
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