Pimelodus maculatus
Lacepède, 1803
(Type species)
macula (lat.) = spoted, because the dark browns spots on the trunk
Synonyms
Bagre amarillo
Bagre manchado
Bagre overo
Bagre pintado
Fleckenantennenwels
Mandí
Mandí amarello
Mandí saigú
Mandí tinga
Mystus ascita
Pintao
Spotted Pim
Spotted Pimelodus
Bagre manchado
Bagre overo
Bagre pintado
Fleckenantennenwels
Mandí
Mandí amarello
Mandí saigú
Mandí tinga
Mystus ascita
Pintao
Spotted Pim
Spotted Pimelodus
Length (total)
approx. 51 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
Weight
2.400 kg
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Céara, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Misiones, Santa Fé
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
rio Tietê ➙ río Paraná ⇒ río de la Plata ⇒ Atlantic SE ↓ Atlantic NE
˜[ -34.423,-58.388 ]
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
insects, vegetable fibers, fishes, molluscs (Mollusca), annelids (Annelida), (sand)
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
long
14 soft rays
7 soft rays
10 soft rays
6 soft rays
14 soft rays
7 soft rays
10 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Brachyrhamdia marthae
Cambeva iheringi
Cetopsorhamdia iheringi
Curculionichthys insperatus
Harttia carvalhoi
Hisonotus alberti
Hypostomus albopunctatus
Hypostomus ancistroides
Hypostomus iheringii
Hypostomus nigromaculatus (LDA 12)
Hypostomus strigaticeps
Imparfinis minutus
Imparfinis mirini
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Phenacorhamdia cabocla
Pimelodella avanhandavae
Pimelodella gracilis
Pimelodus mysteriosus
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria steindachneri
Trichomycterus candidus
Trichomycterus itatiayae
Apareiodon affinis
Astyanax bimaculatus
Astyanax fasciatus
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax scabripinnis
Bryconamericus stramineus
Callichthys callichthys
Characidium alipioi
Characidium cf. zebra
Characidium gomesi
Characidium lauroi
Characidium zebra
Cheirodon stenodon
Cambeva iheringi
Cetopsorhamdia iheringi
Curculionichthys insperatus
Harttia carvalhoi
Hisonotus alberti
Hypostomus albopunctatus
Hypostomus ancistroides
Hypostomus iheringii
Hypostomus nigromaculatus (LDA 12)
Hypostomus strigaticeps
Imparfinis minutus
Imparfinis mirini
Neoplecostomus microps (LDA 34)
Phenacorhamdia cabocla
Pimelodella avanhandavae
Pimelodella gracilis
Pimelodus mysteriosus
Rhamdia quelen
Rineloricaria steindachneri
Trichomycterus candidus
Trichomycterus itatiayae
Apareiodon affinis
Astyanax bimaculatus
Astyanax fasciatus
Astyanax lacustris
Astyanax scabripinnis
Bryconamericus stramineus
Callichthys callichthys
Characidium alipioi
Characidium cf. zebra
Characidium gomesi
Characidium lauroi
Characidium zebra
Cheirodon stenodon
Crenicichla britskii
Crenicichla jaguarensis
Eigenmannia trilineata
Eigenmannia virescens
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus carapo
Gymnotus pantherinus
Gymnotus sylvius
Hisonotus sp.
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplosternum littorale
Hypostomus sp.
Imparfinis sp.
Knodus moenkhausii
Leporinus copelandii
Leporinus friderici
Leporinus octofasciatus
Loricariichthys sp.
Metynnis lippincottianus
Moenkhausia intermedia
Odontostilbe sp.
Oligosarcus paranensis
Pareiorhina sp.
Parodon nasus
Piabarchus stramineus
Piabina argentea
Planaltina britskii
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia vivipara
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrapinnus notomelas
Serrasalmus maculatus
Steindachnerina insculpta
Synbranchus marmoratus
Crenicichla jaguarensis
Eigenmannia trilineata
Eigenmannia virescens
Geophagus brasiliensis
Gymnotus carapo
Gymnotus pantherinus
Gymnotus sylvius
Hisonotus sp.
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplosternum littorale
Hypostomus sp.
Imparfinis sp.
Knodus moenkhausii
Leporinus copelandii
Leporinus friderici
Leporinus octofasciatus
Loricariichthys sp.
Metynnis lippincottianus
Moenkhausia intermedia
Odontostilbe sp.
Oligosarcus paranensis
Pareiorhina sp.
Parodon nasus
Piabarchus stramineus
Piabina argentea
Planaltina britskii
Poecilia reticulata
Poecilia vivipara
Serrapinnus heterodon
Serrapinnus notomelas
Serrasalmus maculatus
Steindachnerina insculpta
Synbranchus marmoratus
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
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- Silva, M.J.; Ramos, T.P.A.; Carvalho, F.R.; Brito, M.F.G.; ramos, R.T.C.; Rosa, R.S.; Sánchez-Botero, J.I.; Novaes, J.L.C.; Costa, R.S. & Lima, S.M.Q., 2020 "Freshwater fish richness baseline from the São Francisco Interbasin Water Transfer Project in the Brazilian Semiarid" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 18 No. 4)
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