Synonyms
Pimelodus pinirampu
barbado-branco
Barbanche
has Galeichthys araguayensis
has Pimelodus agassizii
has Pimelodus barbancho
has Pimelodus insignis
has Pinirampus agassizii
has Pinirampus typus
has Platynematichthys araguayensis
Bagre Azul
Bagre berbanche
Barba-Chata (hispan.)
Barbado (Brasilien)
berbanche
blanco pobre
daimani
Flatwhiskered Catfish
Joroboto
lebranche
Mota
Pati Hovy
Zander-Antennenwels
barbado-branco
Barbanche
has Galeichthys araguayensis
has Pimelodus agassizii
has Pimelodus barbancho
has Pimelodus insignis
has Pinirampus agassizii
has Pinirampus typus
has Platynematichthys araguayensis
Bagre Azul
Bagre berbanche
Barba-Chata (hispan.)
Barbado (Brasilien)
berbanche
blanco pobre
daimani
Flatwhiskered Catfish
Joroboto
lebranche
Mota
Pati Hovy
Zander-Antennenwels
Length (total)
approx. 150 cm
Standard length (documented)
800.0 mm
Weight
7.680 kg
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
11 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
6 soft rays
11 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
13 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 440
- Werner, Uwe: "Die Fische vom Río Sipapo"
(DATZ April 2017)
- Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L., 1829 "Selecta genera et species piscium : quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I." (Monachii, P. 20)
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1875 "Ueber einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den Gebirgsbächen der hohen Anden in Peru" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 72, P. 607)
- Ota, R.R.; Carvalho Deprá, G. de; Graça, W.J. da & Pavanelli, C.S., 2018 "Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 16 No. 2, P. 85)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
- Dagosta,F.C; Monção,M.S; Nagamatsu,B.A; Pavanelli,C.S; Carvalho,F.R; Lima,F,C.T; Langeani,F; Dutra,G.M; Ota, R.R; Seren,T.J; Tagliacollo,V; Menezes, N.A; Britski,H.A & Pinna M, 2024 "Fishes of the upper rio Paraná basin: diversity, biogeography and conservation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 22 No. 1)
- Sousa França, F.M.de & Gubiani, E.A., 2025 "Length-weight and length-length relationships for freshwater fish species from the lower Araguaia River, Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Tocantins State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 23 No. 1)
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for the pictures
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Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
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