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Pimelodus
Sign in to savePimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPimelodidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,012
- With media
- 24
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Collections
- NCSM, CUMV, ANSP, TCWC, INHS, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Prov. Maynas, Maynas, Brazil, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pimelodidae
- Image
- Pimelodus pictus.jpg
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- Pimelodus
- taxon name
- Pimelodus
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pimelodus
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Pimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America.
==Species== There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus: 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 Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803 Pimelodus microstoma Steindachner, 1877 Pimelodus multicratifer F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & Oyakawa, 2011 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 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; valid as P. argenteus
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