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Pimelodus pictus. Pimelodus pictus, also known as the pictus cat or pictus catfish, is a small (11.0 centimetres (4.3 in) TL) member of the catfish family Pimelodidae, native to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins and commonly kept as a pet in freshwater aquariums. Pictus catfish are sometimes mislabeled as Angelicus cats in the aquarium trade ...
The family Pimelodidae has undergone much revision. Currently, it contains about 30 genera and about 90 recognized and known but unnamed species. [2] Wikipedia lists 109 species in this family. The low-eye catfish (previously family Hypophthalmidae), and thus the genus Hypophthalmus, which contains four species, was reclassified with the ...
Leiarius pictus. (Müller & Troschel, 1849) Synonyms. Bagrus pictus. Sciades pictus. Leiarius pictus, commonly as sailfin pim, painted catfish or saddle catfish, is a species of demersal catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon, Essequibo, and Orinoco River basins of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil. [2] [3]
Pimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America. ... Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876; Pimelodus pintado Azpelicueta, ...
Synonyms. Pimelodes macropterus. Lichtenstein, 1819. Pimelodus ctenodus. Spix & Agassiz, 1829. Pimeletropis lateralis. Gill, 1859. Calophysus macropterus, also known as the Piracatinga, Vulture Catfish, or Zamurito, is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Calophysus of the family Pimelodidae. [1]
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]
Pimelodus lynx Girard, 1859; Ichthyaelurus mccaskei Stauffer, ... (Ameiurus catus), also known as the white catfish, is a member of the family Ictaluridae of the ...
Pimelodus vulpeculus Girard, 1859. The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) and yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis). It was originally described as Pimelodus nebulosus by ...