Pimelodus multicratifer
Ribeiro, de Lucena, Oyakawa, 2011
multi (lat.) - numerous; cratis (lat.) - rake; fer (lat.) - wear
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 25 cm
Standard length (documented)
212.5 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
High above sea level
3 - 250 m
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water, Brackish water
Substrate
sand, rocks
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
(12 -) 14 (- 15) soft rays
17 (- 18) soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
II / 6 (- 7) rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
5 soft rays
17 (- 18) soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
II / 6 (- 7) rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Crenicichla iguapina
Cyphocharax santacatarinae
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplosternum littorale
Oligosarcus hepsetus
Cyphocharax santacatarinae
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplosternum littorale
Oligosarcus hepsetus
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
- Ribeiro, F.R.V.; de Lucena, C.A.S. & Oyakawa, O.T., 2011 "A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 9 No. 1)
- Lucinda, P.H.F.; V. Ribeiro, F.R. & Santos de Lucena, C.A., 2016 "Pimelodus quadratus, a new long-whiskered catfish from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (abstract) (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol 27. No. 4, P. 344)
- 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)
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