Pimelodus blochii
Valenciennes, 1840
dedicated Marcus Elieser Bloch
Synonyms
Chorrosco
Cocotuo
Four-lined Pimelodus
Nicuro
Omuruku
Pimelodus clarias
Pseudorhamdia macronema
Pseudorhamdia piscatrix
Vierstreifenpimelodus
Cocotuo
Four-lined Pimelodus
Nicuro
Omuruku
Pimelodus clarias
Pseudorhamdia macronema
Pseudorhamdia piscatrix
Vierstreifenpimelodus
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
181.8 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
pH
6.0 - 7.5
Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Casanare, Loreto
Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
río Meta ⇒ río Orinoco → Caribic ↓ Amazonas → Atlantic NE ↓
˜[ 3.060,-59.480 ]
insects, inverbrates (aquatic) (invertebrates (aquatic)), fruits, vegetable fibers, fishes, inverbrates (terrestrial) (invertebrates (terrestris)), fish eggs, shrimps
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
long
iii - iv / 9 - 10 rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
iii - iv / 9 - 10 rays
15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Hassar affinis
Pimelodella parnahybae
Platydoras brachylecis
Propimelodus eigenmanni
Astyanax lacustris
Awaous tajasica
Brachychalcinus parnaibae
Cichla monoculus
Crenicichla menezesi
Curimata macrops
Curimatella immaculata
Geophagus parnaibae
Jupiaba polylepis
Pimelodella parnahybae
Platydoras brachylecis
Propimelodus eigenmanni
Astyanax lacustris
Awaous tajasica
Brachychalcinus parnaibae
Cichla monoculus
Crenicichla menezesi
Curimata macrops
Curimatella immaculata
Geophagus parnaibae
Jupiaba polylepis
Leporinus friderici
Leporinus obtusidens
Lycengraulis batesii
Moenkhausia dichroura
Prochilodus lacustris
Psectrogaster rhomboides
Psellogrammus kennedyi
Schizodon sp.
Serrapinnus piaba
Serrasalmus rhombeus
Steindachnerina notonota
Triportheus signatus
Leporinus obtusidens
Lycengraulis batesii
Moenkhausia dichroura
Prochilodus lacustris
Psectrogaster rhomboides
Psellogrammus kennedyi
Schizodon sp.
Serrapinnus piaba
Serrasalmus rhombeus
Steindachnerina notonota
Triportheus signatus
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
03/December/2015
- 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. 313
- 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. 439
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 188)
- Fonseca, I.C. da; Maciel, L.A.M.; Ribeiro, F.R.V. & Rodrigues, L.R.R., 2018 "Karyotypic variation in the long-whiskered catfish Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840 (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from the lower Tapajós, Amazonas and Trombetas Rivers" (Comparative Cytogenetics, Vol. 12 o. 3, P. 285)
- 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. 105)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 80)
- Negreiros, L.; Tavares-Dias, M. & Pereira, F.B., 2019 "Monogeneans of the catfish Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with a description of a new species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae)" (Systematic Parasitology, Vol. 96 No. 1567)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
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