Pinirampus pirinampu

Spix & Agassiz, 1829

(Type species)
Pinirampus pirinampu
 
Family
 
Group
 
Genus
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
Length (total)
approx.  150 cm
Standard length (documented)
800.0 mm
Weight
7.680 kg
pH
6.0 - 8.0

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Atlantic SE ↓ Atlantic NE ↓ Caribic
Map to Pinirampus pirinampu
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
long
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
  • 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
Pic. 2: Pinirampus pirinampu
Pic. 3: Pinirampus pirinampu
Pic. 4: Pinirampus pirinampu
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Carvalho et. al., 2009 (PD)
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