Pimelodus yuma
Villa-Navarro, Acero & Cala Cala, 2017
according to the origin yuma = name given from the indigenous people for the río Magdalena
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
227.8 mm
Recommended tank size
150 cm
➀ río Magdalena near Puerto Caracolí, río Alvarado, río Amoyá, río Anchique = quebrada Rincon Santo, río Bogotá, quebrada La Caima, río Chipalo, río Coello, quebrada Guaini, quebrada Gualanday = quebrada Guacari, río Guarinó, unnamed creek to rio La Miel, río Negro, río Opia, río Patá, río Peralonso, río Prado, río Saldaña, río San Jorge, río Sinú, río Tetuan, quebrada Toqui-Toqui, río Totaré
Tolima, Caldas, Antioquia, Huila, Bolívar (COL), Santander, Sucre, Cundinamarca, Córdoba
Colombia
río Coello | río Sumapaz | río Amoyá | río Tetuan ➙ río Saldaña | río Alvarado ⇒ río Totaré ⇒ río Magdalena ⇒ Caribic
[ 5.233,-74.731 ]
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
unknown
9 - 10 soft rays
15 soft rays
II / 6 rays
9 - 10 soft rays
5 soft rays
15 soft rays
II / 6 rays
9 - 10 soft rays
5 soft rays
Sympatric with
Cetopsorhamdia molinae
Chaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma thomsoni
Cochliodon hondae
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Rhamdia guatemalensis
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Chaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma thomsoni
Cochliodon hondae
Lasiancistrus caucanus (L 312 / LDA 71)
Pimelodella floridablancaensis
Rhamdia guatemalensis
Sturisomatichthys leightoni
Trichomycterus banneaui
Andinoacara latifrons
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
Argopleura magdalenae
Astyanax sp.
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Poecilia sphenops
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
Creagrutus affinis
Creagrutus magdalenae
Geophagus steindachneri
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Hoplias malabaricus
Kronoheros umbrifer
Microgenys minuta
Poecilia sphenops
Roeboides dayi
Sternopygus aequilabiatus
not known
- Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Acero, A.P.; Cala Cala, Plutarco, 2017 "Taxonomic review of Trans-Andean species of Pimelodus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), with the descriptions of two new species" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4299 No. 3)
- Mojica,J.I.& Agudelo-Zamora, H.D., 2018 "Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4478 No. 1, P. 49)
- Albornoz-Garzón, J.G.; Conde-Saldaña, C.C.; López-Delgado, E.O.; García-Melo, J.E. & Villa-Navarro, F.A., 2020 "Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia" (CheckList, P. 1184)
- Joya, C.D.; Landínez-García, R.M. & Márquez, E.J., 2021 "Development of microsatellite loci and population genetics of the catfish Pimelodus yuma (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 19 No. 1)
- Joya, C.D.; Ochoa-Aristizábal, A.M.; Martínez, J.G. & Márquez, E.J., 2023 "Morphometric and molecular differentiation of Pimelodus grosskopfii and Pimelodus yuma (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 21 No. 2)
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