Pimelodella transitoria
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907
Synonyms
mandi
mandi-tinga
mandi-tinga
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Standard length (documented)
13.0 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Locality
in a cave
ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), insects, diptera (Diptera) (larvae), Roundworms (Nematoda), diptera (Diptera), Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera) (larvae), Trichoptera (Trichoptera) (larvae), dragon-fly (Odonata) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
13 soft rays
I / 6 rays
I / 6 rays
Sympatric with
Astyanax bifasciatus
Astyanax laticeps
Bryconamericus microcephalus
Characidium pterostictum
Coptodon rendalli
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Phalloceros harpagos
Astyanax laticeps
Bryconamericus microcephalus
Characidium pterostictum
Coptodon rendalli
Deuterodon iguape
Geophagus iporanguensis
Hoplias sp. aff. malabaricus
Phalloceros harpagos
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. 421
- Trajano, E. & Elina, M., 2010 "Biology of Subterranean Fishes" P. 85
- Miranda Ribeiro, Dr. A.de, 1907 "Peixe do Iporanga" (A Lavoura : boletim da Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura Brazileira, Vol. 11, P. 186)
- Pavan, C., 1946 "Observations and Experiments on the Cave Fish Pimelodella kronei and Its Relatives" (The American Naturalist, Vol. 80 No. 792, P. 343)
- Toledo, L.; Foresti, F.; Trajano, E. & Almeida Toledo Filho, S. de, 1992 "Cytogenetic analysis of the Brazilian blind catfish Pimelodella kronei and its presumed ancestor, P. transitoria" (Caryologia, Vol. 45 No. 3, P. 255)
- Trajano, E., 2002 "Peixe & Cavernas"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 195)
- Eutrópio, F.J. & Gomes, L., 2010 "Dieta alimentar de Trichomycterus longibarbatus Costa, 1992 e Pimelodella transitoria Miranda Ribeiro, 1905 (Siluriformes): um caso de competição interespecífica" (Natureza on line, Vol. 8 No. 2, P. 67)
- Frota, A.; Message, H.J.; Oliveira, R.C.de; Benedito, E. & Graça, W.J.da, 2019 "Ichthyofauna of headwater streams from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, at the boundaries of the Ponta Grossa Arch, Paraná, Brazil" (Biota Neotropica, Vol. 19 No. 1)
- Carmo, M.A.F. do & Souza, U.P., 2019 "Aspectos da estrutura populacional e dieta de Pimelodella transitoria (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) em riachos da Bacia do Rio Itanhaém - SP" (Unisanta)
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