Pimelodella australis

Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella australis
austral - southern
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
Pimelodella garbei
Pimelodella laticeps australis
Length (total)
approx.  15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
río Uruguay = rio Uruguai near Uruguaiana, rio Ibicuí, rio Jacuí, rio Corrientes basin, lagoa dos Patos = laguna dos Patos, rio da Madre, rio Tubarão, Atlantic SE: coastal waters near Lagoa dos Patos - rio Tubarão
lago Blanco

Maldonado, Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil, Uruguay

rio Uruguai = río Uruguay → río de la Plata | lagoa Imaruí | rio Guaíba → lagoa dos Patos ⇒ Atlantic SE

[ -29.748,-57.094 ]
Map to Pimelodella australis
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Otothyris rostrata
Rineloricaria quadrensis
Astyanax eigenmanniorum
Characidium occidentale
Crenicichla lepidota
Hoplias malabaricus
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Synbranchus marmoratus
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. 417
Pic. 2: Pimelodella australis
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