according to the origin Brazil
Synonyms
Pimelodus brasiliensis
Pseudorhamdia brasiliensis
Pseudorhamdia brasiliensis
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
iv / 8 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 7 rays
convex
iv / 8 rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 7 rays
convex
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
- Steindachner, Dr. F., 1876 "Die Süsswasserfische des südöstlichen Brasilien III." (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften , Vol. 74, P. 608)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 190)
- 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)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Steindachner, Franz (PD)
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