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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 ...
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]
Threadfin sea catfish. The threadfin sea catfish (Arius arius), also called the Hamilton's catfish, marine catfish or jella, [3] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [4] It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally under the genus Pimelodus. [5] It is migratory and is found in tropical brackish and marine ...
Pimelodus clarias (Bloch, 1782)[3] Silurus clarias Bloch, 1782[4] The Bloch's catfish or Pimelodus blochii[5][1] is a fish in the family Pimelodidae. [6][2]
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, but the latter ...
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 ...
Binomial name. Pimelodus maculatus. Lacepède, 1803. Synonyms. Silurus lima Natterer, 1858[1] Pimelodus clarias Lacepède, 1803[2] Pimelodus maculatus[3][1] is a fish in the family Pimelodidae. [4][2]
This species was first described as Pimelodus barbancho; however, this is considered a nomen oblitum. [7] It was then described as Pimelodus pirinampu in 1829. In 1858, the genus Pinirampus was described for this species, in which it is usually classified as the only species.