Pimelodella macturki
Eigenmann, 1912
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 10 cm
Standard length (documented)
83.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Nickerie, East Berbice-Corentyne, Cayenne, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Barima-Waini
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Atlantic NE ↓ Caribic ↓
˜[ 8.344,-59.781 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
long
iv / 7 - 9 rays
(14 -) 15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
fin edges: black
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
fin edge: black
7 - 8 soft rays
5 soft rays
iv / 7 - 9 rays
(14 -) 15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
fin edges: black
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
fin edge: black
7 - 8 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
- Mees, G.F., 1986 "Records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from French Guiana (Pisces, Nematognathi)" (Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences)) P. 316
- 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
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 170)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 66)
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr. & Vari, R.P. , 1992 "Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution" (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 535, P. 35)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- 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)
- 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)
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Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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