Pimelodus
| Pimelodus | |
|---|---|
| Pimelodus maculatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Pimelodidae |
| Genus: | Pimelodus Lacépède, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803
| |
Pimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America.[1]
Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Pimelodus absconditus Azpelicueta, 1995
- Pimelodus albicans (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Pimelodus albofasciatus Mees, 1974
- Pimelodus altissimus C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
- Pimelodus argenteus Perugia, 1891
- Pimelodus atrobrunneus Vidal & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1999
- Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
- Pimelodus britskii Garavello & Shibatta, 2007
- Pimelodus coprophagus L. P. Schultz, 1944
- Pimelodus crypticus Villa-Navarro & Cala, 2017
- Pimelodus fur (Lütken, 1874)
- Pimelodus garciabarrigai Dahl, 1961
- Pimelodus grosskopfii Steindachner, 1879
- Pimelodus halisodous F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008
- Pimelodus jivaro C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942
- Pimelodus joannis F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008
- Pimelodus luciae M. S. Rocha & F. R. V. Ribeiro, 2010 [3]
- Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803
- Pimelodus microstoma Steindachner, 1877
- Pimelodus multicratifer F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & Oyakawa, 2011 [4]
- Pimelodus mysteriosus Azpelicueta, 1998
- Pimelodus navarroi L. P. Schultz, 1944
- Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1858
- Pimelodus ortmanni Haseman, 1911
- Pimelodus pantaneiro Souza-Filho & Shibatta, 2007
- Pimelodus paranaensis Britski & Langeani, 1988
- Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876
- Pimelodus pintado Azpelicueta, Lundberg & Loureiro, 2008
- Pimelodus platicirris Borodin, 1927
- Pimelodus pohli F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006
- Pimelodus punctatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
- Pimelodus quadratus P. H. F. Lucinda, F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2016 [5]
- Pimelodus speciosus Costa e Silva, Ribeiro, Lucena & Lucinda, 2018
- Pimelodus stewarti F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008
- Pimelodus tetramerus F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006
- Pimelodus yuma Villa-Navarro & Acero P., 2017
- Synonyms
- Pimelodus brevis Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933;[6] valid as P. argenteus
References
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- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pimelodus". FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pimelodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ Rocha, M.S.; Ribeiro, F.R.V. (2010). "A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Itacaiunas, rio Tocantins basin, Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2343: 57–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2343.1.5.
- ^ Ribeiro, F.R.V.; Lucena, C.A.S.; Oyakawa, O.T. (2011). "A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 9 (1): 127–134. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252011000100011.
- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F.; Ribeiro, F.R.V.; Lucena, C.A.S. (2016). "Pimelodus quadratus, a new long-whiskered catfish from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 27 (4): 337–345. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ Rocha, M.S.; Pavanelli, C.S. (2014). "Taxonomy of Pimelodus brevis Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), an uncertain species from the rio Paraná basin" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (4): 755–760. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140059.