Pseudopimelodus bufonius
Valenciennes, 1840
(Type species)
Synonyms
Bagre abejorro
Giant Bumblebee Catfish
Großer Harlekinwels
Harlekinwels
Jello Catfish
Jelly Catfish
Giant Bumblebee Catfish
Großer Harlekinwels
Harlekinwels
Jello Catfish
Jelly Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
245.0 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Eats plants
not known
in Southeast Asia
present
10 soft rays
15 soft rays
I / 6 rays
straight
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
10 soft rays
15 soft rays
I / 6 rays
straight
7 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
11/October/2018
- Grant, S., 1999 "Pseudopimelodus, Bleeker, 1858 & some related genera (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" P. 50
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 403
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des Poissons, Vol. 15, P. 154)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 355)
- GGuardiaNN, 2011 "Artentafel Grosser Harlekinwels" (americanfish.de)
- Abrahão, V. & Shibatta, O.A., 2015 "Gross morphology of the brain of Pseudopimelodus bufonius (Valenciennes, 1840) (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 2)
- 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)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 80)
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