Pimelodella megalops

Eigenmann, 1912
Pimelodella megalops
 
Subfamily
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx.  10 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Approuague River, ➀ Essequibo River, ➀ Mazaruni River near Crab Falls
Tumatumari

Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Pataro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname

Essequibo River ⇒ Atlantic NE

˜[ 5.263,-59.149 ]
Map to Pimelodella megalops
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
 
 
long
13 - 15 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
much longer at the bottom than at the top
I / 6 rays
convex
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. 313
  • 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
Pic. 2: Pimelodella megalops
Pic. 3: Pimelodella megalops - Lateralansicht
Pic. 4: Pimelodella megalops - Dorsalansicht
Pic. 5: Pimelodella megalops - Ventralansicht
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
1, 2
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