Pimelodus albicans

Valenciennes, 1840
Pimelodus albicans
 
Family
 
Group
 
Genus
Synonyms
Arius albicans
Arius albidus
Arius moroti
Bagre blanco
Bagre Moncholo
mandí guazú
mandí morotí
moncholo blanco
Silurus muticus
Length (total)
approx.  65 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm

Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Formosa, Ñeembucú

Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay

río Paraná → río de la Plata → Atlantic SE

˜[ -34.036,-58.633 ]
Map to Pimelodus albicans
diptera (Diptera) (larvae), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae), Copepods (Copepoda), water fleas (Cladocera), vegetable fibers, Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera), arthropod (Arthropoda), beetle (Coleoptera) (larvae), ostracods (Ostracoden), Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera), Kleinlibellen (Zygoptera)
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
 
 
 
present
10 - 11 soft rays
17 soft rays
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Astyanax abramis
Astyanax rutilus
Cyphocharax spilotus
Hoplias malabaricus
Prochilodus lineatus
Salminus brasiliensis
Serrasalmus maculatus
not known
  • Valenciennes, A., 1836 "Poissons [plates]" (A. d'Orbigny. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale)
  • Haro, J.G.; Bistoni, M. de los A. & Gutiérrez, M., 1996 "Ictiofauna del Río Tercero (Calamuchita) (Córdoba, Argentina)" (Miscelánea - Academia Nacional de Ciencias) P. 6
  • Azpelicueta, M. de las M., 1998 "A new species of Pimelodus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Paraguay and lower Paraná rivers" (Neotropica (La Plata)) P. 92
  • 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. 438
Pic. 2: Pimelodus albicans
Pic. 3: Pimelodus albicans im Museum von Yacyretá
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Matías Müller
1, 2
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