Pimelodella C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Type species
Pimelodus cristatus
J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Typhlobagrus A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1907 Caecorhamdella Borodin, 1927
Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes.
Pimelodella is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of taxonomic revision.[1]
This genus is found on both sides of the Andes, ranging from Panama to Paraguay and southern Brazil.[1] With the exception of P. chagresi, all members of the genus are restricted to South America. This genus includes two species of troglobitic catfishes, P. kronei and P. spelaea.[1]
^ abcTrajano, Eleonara; Reis, Roberto E.; Bichuette, Maria Elina (2004). "Pimelodella spelaea: A New Cave Catfish from Central Brazil, with Data on Ecology and Evolutionary Considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia. 2004 (2): 315–325. doi:10.1643/ci-03-144r1. S2CID 86184371.
Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes. Pimelodella is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of taxonomic revision. This...
Pimelodella kronei is a species of three-barbeled catfish endemic to Brazil. Discovered by the German naturalist Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone, it was...
Pimelodella brasiliensis is a species of three-barbeled catfish of the family Heptapteridae. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul river basin in Brazil...
Pimelodella altipinnis is a species of three-barbeled catfish of the family Heptapteridae. It is endemic to the Essequibo River basin in Guyana. This...
the Americas): Ancistrus cryptophthalmus, several Ituglanis species, Pimelodella spelaea, Aspidoras mephisto, an undescribed Cetopsorhamdia species and...
the discoverer of the famous Iporanga-blind catfish, which was named Pimelodella kronei, a troglobitic fish species unique to the waters of some caves...
South America, but Imparfinis lineatus, Nemuroglanis panamensis and Pimelodella chagresi are native to Panama, and Rhamdia species occur as far north...
in the field of biology because of the existence of the world-famous Pimelodella kronei, the Blind-Catfish, a troglobitic fish species unique to the waters...
found together with Bryconops caudomaculatus, Characidium blennoides, Pimelodella cristata, Leporinus friderici and Astyanax meunieri. C. fowleri may be...
his mentor. His doctoral thesis on the subject of the blind cave fish Pimelodella kronei (syn. Typhlobagrus kronci) was completed in the same institution...
alligator, 41 species of amphibians and 143 fish species. The catfish Pimelodella is endemic. Medium and large mammals include giant anteater (Myrmecophaga...
been degraded by human activities and deforestation is continuing. The Pimelodella kronei is an endemic troglobitic fish species, exclusively subterranean...
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