Pimelodella australis
Eigenmann, 1917
austral - southern
Synonyms
Mandinho-listrado
Pimelodella garbei
Pimelodella laticeps australis
Pimelodella garbei
Pimelodella laticeps australis
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
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 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
I / 7 rays
6 soft rays
6 soft rays
6 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
Crenicichla lepidota
Hoplias malabaricus
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Synbranchus marmoratus
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
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
- Werner, Uwe: "Welse aus Uruguay (Teil 2)"
(DATZ August 2017)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1917 "Pimelodella and Typhlobagrus" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 7, P. 243)
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10, P. 639)
- Malabarba, L.R., 1989 "Histórico sistemático e lista comentada das espécies de peixes de ägua doce do sistema da Laguna dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil" (Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Vol. 2 No. 8, P. 141)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 189)
- Volcan, M.V.; Krause Lanés, L.E.; Gonçalves, Â.C.; Fonseca, A.P. da & Cirne, M.P., 2012 "The fish fauna of the Corrientes stream basin, Patos lagoon system, state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 81)
- Abrahão, V.; Claro-Garcia, A.; Souza-Shibatta, L. & Shibatta, O.A., 2015 "Rapid survey of ichthyofauna from rivers and streams of coastal hydrographic regions of Santa Catarina state, Brazil" (Check List, Vol. 11 No. 5, P. 5)
- Ferrer, J.; Azevedo, M.A.; Giora, J.; Cavalheiro, L.W.; Wingert, J.M.; Aguiar, A.; Vargas, N.D.; Santos, J.P.M. dos; Vanin, A.S.; Fialho, C.B.; Harts, S. & Malabarba, L.R., 2015 "Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Banhado dos Pachecos: um verdadeiro abrigo para a ictiofauna relictual de mata paludosa na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil" (Boletim Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, No. 114, P. 12)
- Slobodian, V.; Akama, A. & Dutra, G.M., 2017 "A new species of Pimelodella (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Guiana Shield, Brazil" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4338 No. 1, P. 95)
- Malabarba, L.R.;Hirschmann,A.; Lucena,C.A.S. de; Giora,J.; Wingert,J.M.; Ferrer,J.; Silva,P.C ; Angrizani,R.C.; Costa Ramos,R. da; Kullander,S.; Carvalho,T.P.; Bertaco,V.; Fialho,C.B. & Bonato,K.O., 2025 "Guia Peixes do Bioma Pampa"
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