Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Standard length (documented)
68.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
exact origin not known
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
long
13 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
8 soft rays
13 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
slightly convex
8 soft 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. 422
- Cope, E.D., 1894 "On the Fishes obtained by the Naturalist Expedition in rio Grande do Sul" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held At Philadelphia fro Promoting useful Knowledge, Vol. 33, P. 93)
- Malabarba, L.R., 1989 "Histórico sistemático e lista comentada das espécies de peixes de ägua doce do sistema da Laguna dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil" (Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Vol. 2 No. 8, P. 143)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 196)
- Bockmann, Flávio A. & Miquelarena, Amalia M., 2008 "Anatomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of A New Catfish Species From Northeastern Argentina With Comments On The Phylogenetic Relationships Of The Genus Rhamdella Eigenmann And Eigenmann 1888 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1780, P. 46)
- 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. 98)
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for the pictures
Cope (1894) (PD)
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