Pimelodella megalura
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Synonyms
chum-chum
Length (total)
approx. 22 cm
Standard length (documented)
146.3 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
13 - 15 soft rays
I / 6 rays
13 - 15 soft rays
I / 6 rays
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. 419
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1918 "Tres generos e dezesete especies novas de peixes brasileiros determinados nas collecções do Museu Paulista" (Revista do Museu Paulista, Vol. 10)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 193)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- 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. 97)
- Gimênes Junior, H. & Rech, R. , 2022 "Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno"
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