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Parapimelodus nigribarbis (Boulenger, 1889)

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Freshwater Fish from Uruguay 2nd. edition (1) Matías Zarucki (2)

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Description: Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14. Species of Parapimelodus have extremely long gill rakers and more than 55 gill rakers on the first branchial arch, which is related to feeding on plankton. They also have very large eyes on the sides of the head that can be seen both from above and below, which is related to independence from the bottom in locomotion and feeding; though a common trait in many other catfish, it is rare in Pimelodids. Diet: They feed on plankton. Etymology: nigri-, black; barbis, barbel, referring to the “almost black” barbels.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pimelodus (Pseudorhamdia) nigribarbis

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Laguna dos Patos basin (Brazil and Uruguay). Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Camaquam River.

Size:

19.5cm. (7¾ins)

Temp:

22-27°C (71-81°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2023 ).
Lucena, C.A.S., L.R. Malabarba and R.E. Reis, 1992. Resurrection of the neotropical pimelodid catfish Parapimelodus nigribarbis (Boulenger), with a phylogenetic diagnosis of the genus Parapimelodus (Teleoastei: Siluriformes). Copeia 1992(1):138-146.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Parapimelodus nigribarbis

Parapimelodus nigribarbis
Departamento de Rocha, Uruguay

Parapimelodus nigribarbis
Close up of the black barbels-Departamento de Rocha, Uruguay

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