according to the origin Pantanal
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
256.4 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
present
III - V / 7 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
little longer at the top than at the bottom
dark patches
II / 6 rays
9 - 10 soft rays
5 soft rays
III - V / 7 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
little longer at the top than at the bottom
dark patches
II / 6 rays
9 - 10 soft rays
5 soft rays
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
- Souza-Filho, H.S. de & Shibatta, O.A., 2007 "Descrição de uma espécie nova de Pimelodus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) da bacia do alto rio Paraguai" (Iheringia. Série Zoologia, Vol. 97 No. 4)
- 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)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Marcelo Rocha (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Carla Polaz (CC BY-NC 3.0)
3
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