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Propimelodus eigenmanni (Van der Stigchel, 1946)

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Aquarium Care: Propimelodus sp. are a bit more delicate than the Pimelodus genera and as such they need a good filtration in the tanks and also large weekly water changes. Diet: They will eat earthworms, bloodworms, lance fish. Feed two to three times a week (Grant, S. 2021). Etymology: The genus name of pro-, before, suggesting the primitive condition of its trigeminofacial foramen relative to Pimelodus. The specific name of eigenmanni is in honour of Dr.Carl H.Eigenmann, Professor of Ichthyology in Indiana (1863-1927).

Common Name:

Jumper catfish

Synonyms:

Pimelodus eigenmanni

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon, Approuague, Kourou and Oyapock River basins: Brazil and French Guiana. Type Locality: Brazil.

Size:

24.0cm. (9½ins)

Temp:

24-27°C (75-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

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, ( 06/2023 ).
Grant, Steven. 2021 Pims. Pimelodidae, Heptapteridae and Pseudopimelodidae Catfishes. ATS-Aquashop.de 2021 219p.
Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003. Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes). p. 432-446. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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