Synonyms
Bergiella westermanni
Iheringichthys westermanni
Papa-isca-açu
Pimelodus westermanni
Westerman's Pimelodus
Iheringichthys westermanni
Papa-isca-açu
Pimelodus westermanni
Westerman's Pimelodus
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
iv / 8 - 9 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
10 soft rays
6 soft rays
iv / 8 - 9 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
straight
10 soft rays
6 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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 434
- Lütken, Chr., 1874 "Siluridae novae Brasiliae centralis" (Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger = Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences et des lettres de Danemark., P. 33)
- Lütken, C.F., 1875 "Velhas-Flodens Fiske" (Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, Vol. 12 No. 2, P. 167)
- de las Merces Azpelicueta, M. & Britski, H.A., 2012 "Iheringichthys syi (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a new pimelodid species from upper Paraná basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 10 No. 1, P. 50)
- Vieira, F.; Gomes, J.P.C.; Maia, B.P. & Silva, L.G.M., 2015 "Peixes do Quadrilátero ferrífero"
- Nión, H.; Rios, C. & Meneses, P., 2016 "Peces del Uruguay - Lista sistemática y nombres comunes"
- 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 - Species deleted from the Colombian continental ichthyofauna" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708)
- Malimpensa, G.C.; Traldi, J.; Toyama, D.; Henrique-Silva, F.; Vicari, M.R. & Moreira-Filho, O., 2018 "Chromosomal Mapping of Repeat DNA in Bergiaria westermanni (Pimelodidae, Siluriformes): Localization of 45S rDNA in B Chromosomes" (Cytogenetic and Genome Research, Vol. 154 No. 2)
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