Pimelodella griffini
Eigenmann, 1917
dedicated Lawrence Edmonds Griffin (1874-1949)
Synonyms
chum-chum
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
69.9 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
13 soft rays
greatly incised / concave
I / 6 (- 7) rays
short filament
13 soft rays
greatly incised / concave
I / 6 (- 7) rays
short filament
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 418
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1917 "Pimelodella and Typhlobagrus" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 7, P. 250)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 191)
- Diaz, F.R.; Soneira, P.; Almirón, A.; Casciotta, J.; Gonzalez, A. & Sanchez, S., 2008 "First record of Pimelodella taenioptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1914 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the río Paraná above río Paraguay confluence, Argentina"
- Souza-Shibatta, L.; Pezenti, L.F.; Ferreira, D.G.; Almeida, F.S. de; Sofia, S.H. & Shibatta, O.A., 2013 "Cryptic species of the genus Pimelodella (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Miranda River, Paraguay River basin, Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 11 No. 1)
- 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)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
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Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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