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Pimelodella chagresi  (Steindachner, 1877)
 Image contributors to this species:
 Barbara Bean (2) 
 ScotCat Sources:
 Etymology = Genus
 Other Sources:
 Fishbase  Google   ACSI
 
 Relevant Information:  These two specimens were caught by the image contributor on a fish collecting trip to  Panama.
 Common Name:  None
 Synonyms:  Pimelodus chagresi
 Family:  Heptapteridae lycipitidae
 Distribution:  Central and South America: on the Atlantic drainage found from the Río Coclé de; Norte,  Panama to the affluents of the Maracaibo drainage, Venezuela. On the Pacific drainage,  extends from the Río Grande de Térraba, Costa Rica, to the Río San Juan, Colombia.
 Size:  10cm. (4ins)
 Temp:  23-26°C (73-79°F)
 p.H.  6.0-70.


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Family:   Heptapteridae

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