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Hitomi Torrico-Destre et al. 2024 (3)

Description: Convex profile on the upper lip, then straight to the origin of the dorsal fin; the portion posterior to the operculum with a less pronounced slope. Body and head laterally compressed; head much longer than wide. Eyes located lateroventrally, observable from below. Mouth in terminal position. Jaws soft; premaxillary, vomerian, and palatine teeth absent. Elongated lateral sensory branches reaching the dorsal midline and extending over the anal musculature. Posterior supraoccipital process not visible. Humeral process absent. Pectoral fin reaching the origin of the anal fin; long and flexible spine. Pelvic fin small, reaching the origin of the anal fin. Pectoral fin three times longer than the pelvic fin. Dorsal fin with an elongated, pointed spine, with a flexible and serration-free tip; vertically dorsal fin origin approximately in line with anal fin origin. Very short adipose fin. Very long anal fin. Bifurcated caudal fin with pointed lobes. Barbels of similar size, extending over the pectoral fin or slightly beyond the tip. Dorsal fin rays I+6; anal fin rays 45-60; pectoral fin rays I+13-14, pelvic fin rays i+5, caudal fin rays 14-15. Habitat: Inhabits lowland rivers and open lakes of the Amazon Basin (Littmann et al. 2021). Diet: Because they are a filter feeder they are not really suitable for the home aquarium (Grant, Steven 2021). Etymology: The specific name celiae: In honour of Celia Bueno, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel (Switzerland), for providing “good humour” as well as photographic and radiographic images of the syntypes of H. edentatus, which revealed “key characteristics needed to correct the long-confused taxonomy of the genus”.

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Pimelodidae

South America: Amazon and Orinoco basins (Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela). Present in the Beni, Mamoré, Iténez, and B-MD-O sub-basins (Amazon Basin).

34.0cm (13½ins)

22-26°C (71-79°F)

6.0-7.5.

Grant, Steven., Pims. Pimelodidae, Heptapteridae and Pseudopimelodidae Catfishes. ATS-Aquashop.de 2021 219p.
Hitomi Torrico-Destre, Matías Careaga, Mabel Maldonado, Fernando M. Carvajal-Vallejos, Revision of the catfish family Pimelodidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) of Bolivia, Neotropical Hydrobiology & Aquatic Conservation (2024) Vol. 5 (2).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.