Pimelodidae
Sign in to saveThe Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) native to South America. The family has a wide variety of body plans, and include the largest South American catfish species, the piraíba. Many species, including the piraíba, are locally valued as food, and even more specia of Paisley are of interest to aquaria.
Species
long-whiskered catfishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPimelodidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
屬 見內文 長鬚鯰科，學名Pimelodidae，又稱油鯰科，是輻鰭魚綱鯰形目的其中一科。 目录 1 分類 1.1 魅鯰屬（Aguarunichthys） 1.2 油鱨屬（Bagropsis） 1.3 伯傑油鯰屬（Bergiaria） 1.4 短平口鯰屬（Brachyplatystoma） 1.5 美鬚鱨屬（Calophysus） 1.6 豚角鯰屬（Cheirocerus） 1.7 錐吻鯰屬（Conorhynchus） 1.8 厚頜甲鯰屬（Duopalatinus） 1.9 外齒油鯰屬（Exallodontus） 1.10 半丘油鯰屬（Hemisorubim） 1.11 低眼鯰屬（Hypophthalmus） 1.12 伊林油鯰屬（Iheringichthys） 1.13 滑油鯰屬（Leiarius） 1.14 梭油鯰屬（Luciopimelodus） 1.15 大絲油鯰屬（Megalonema） 1.16 副油鯰屬（Parapimelodus） 1.17 佩朗油鯰屬（Perrunichthys） 1.18 護頭鱨屬（Phractocephalus） 1.19 隱油鯰屬（Pimelabditus） 1.20 怖油鯰屬（Pimelodina） 1.21 油鯰屬（Pimelodus） 1.22 松油鯰屬（Pinirampus） 1.23 扁線油鯰屬（Platynematichthys） 1.24 扁鯰屬（Platysilurus） 1.25 扁口油鯰屬（Platystomatichthys） 1.26 原油鯰屬（Propimelodus） 1.27 鴨嘴鯰屬（Pseudoplatystoma） 1.28 鏟吻油鯰屬（Sorubim） 1.29 蘇祿油鯰屬（Sorubimichthys） 1.30 施氏油鯰屬（Steindachneridion） 1.31 祖魯鱨屬（Zungaro） 1.32 僧伽羅油鯰屬（Zungaropsis） 分類 長鬚鯰科下分35個屬，如下： 魅鯰屬（Aguarunichthys） 英氏魅鯰（Aguarunichthys inpai） 巴西魅鯰（Aguarunichthys tocantinsensis） 祕魯魅鯰（Aguarunichthys torosus） 油鱨屬（Bagropsis） 萊氏油鱨（Bagropsis reinhardti） 伯傑油鯰屬（Bergiaria） 阿根廷伯傑油鯰（Bergiaria platana） 韋氏伯傑油鯰（Bergiaria westermanni） 短平口鯰屬（Brachyplatystoma） 細齒短平口鯰（Brachyplatystoma capapretum） 絲條短平口鯰（Brachyplatystoma filamentosum） 朱魯短平口鯰（Brachyplatystoma juru
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8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Relationship to humans
- In aquaria
- See also
- References
The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) native to South America. The family has a wide variety of body plans, and include the largest South American catfish species, the piraíba. Many species, including the piraíba, are locally valued as food, and even more specia of Paisley are of interest to aquaria.
==Description== Akin to other catfish, pimelodids are scaleless, and have three pairs of barbels, with the maxillary pair often reaching the length of the fish's body. Members of the family are characterized by the combination of naked skin (without scales and bony plates), branched or anastomosing lateral line canals on the head and front of the body, separate nostrils without barbels, well-developed adipose fins, and a tail/caudal fin deeply emarginated, lobed, or forked. Many long-whiskered catfishes grow larger than ; the largest is the piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum), which is reported to reach about in length and in weight..