Synonyms
bagre cego
Caecorhamdella brasiliensis
ceguinho
Caecorhamdella brasiliensis
ceguinho
endangered
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Locality
in a cave
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, round
I / 6 (- 7) rays
slightly convex
9 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, round
I / 6 (- 7) rays
slightly convex
Sympatric with
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
On the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1907 "Uma novidade ichthyologica" (Kosmos) P. 3
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 419
- Seidel, Ingo: "Weißlinge von verschiedenen Callichthyiden und Loricariiden"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2018)
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1908 "On Fishes from the Iporanga River, S. Paulo-Brasil" (Arkiv för Zoologi, Vol. 4 No. 19)
- Borodin, N.A., 1927 "A new blind Catfish from Brazil" (American Museum Novitates, Nr.263, P. 1)
- Pavan, C., 1946 "Observations and Experiments on the Cave Fish Pimelodella kronei and Its Relatives" (The American Naturalist, Vol. 80 No. 792, P. 343)
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1953 "Tipos das espécies e subespécies do Prof. Alipio de Míranda Ribeiro depositados no Museu Nacional" (Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 42, P. 404)
- Almeida-Toledo, L.F. de; Foresti, F. Trajano, E. & Almeida Toledo, S. de, 1992 "Cytogenetic analysis of the Brazilian blind catfish Pimelodella kronei and its presumed ancestor, P. transitoria" (Caryologia, Vol. 45 No. 3-4, P. 255)
- Romero, A. & Paulson, K.M., 2001 "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 62, P. 26)
- Volpato, G.L., 2005 "Biological Rhythmus"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 192)
- Gelgol Guil, A.L. & Trajano, E., 2013 "Dinâmica populacional do bagre cego de Iporanga, Pimelodella kronei: 70 anos de estudo" (Revista da Biologia)
- Menna-Barreto, L. & Trajano, E., 2015 "Biological Rhythmicity in Subterranean Animals: A Function Risking Extinction?" (Springer International Publishing, P. 59)
- 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. 96)
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes" (Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção, Vol. 6, P. 233)
- Proudlove, G.S. "Subterranean fishes of the World. An account of the subterranean (hypogean) fishes described up to 2003 with a bibliography 1541-2004" (International Society for Subterrnaean Biology, Moulis, P. 131)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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