Synonyms
Arius albicans
Jelly Catfish
Pseudopimelodus raninus villosus
Pseudopimelodus villosus
Jelly Catfish
Pseudopimelodus raninus villosus
Pseudopimelodus villosus
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
26 - 29 °C
Amazonas, Apuré, Pará (BRA)
Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela
rio Trombetas ➙ Amazonas↓ río Orinoco↓ Essequibo River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ 5.402,-59.144 ]
In water
deadwood
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
11 soft rays
greatly convex
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
11 soft rays
greatly convex
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
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. 402
- 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. 152)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1910 "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America" (Indiana University, P. 384)
- Mees, G.F., 1985 "Further Records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from Suriname (Pisces: Nematognathi)" (Zoologische Mededelingen, Vol. 59 No. 21, P. 248)
- 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. 71)
- 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 (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 353)
- Collins, R.A.; Ribeiro, E.D.; Machado, V.N.; Hrbek, T. & Farias,I.P. , 2015 "A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)" (Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4162)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 95)
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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