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Pimelodella cruxenti Fernández-Yépez, 1950

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Aquarium Care: Treat as you would do with any member of the Pimelodus in that they will be predatory on small fishes in the aquarium and it is also better to keep them in small groups rather than singularly, as this will dilute the aggression. As this is one of the largest species in this genera it would need a large tank to accommodate an adult sized fish of 34cm. S.L. Diet: Will eat any aquarium prepared foods such as tablets, pellets, frozen and live foods. Not fussy eaters. Etymology: The specific name cruxenti: In honour of Venezuelan archaeologist José María Cruxent (1911–2005), who collected holotype.

Common Name:

Slender catfish

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Heptapteridae

Distribution:

South America: Autana River basin in the Orinoco River drainage, Venezuela. Type locality: Río Autana, Venezuela.

Size:

11.0cm. (4½ins)

Temp:

24-28°C (75-83°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Pimelodella cruxenti has a wide distribution, occurs in several protected areas and has a stable population. This species is evaluated as Least Concern, (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Bockmann, F.A. and G.M. Guazzelli, 2003. Heptapteridae (Heptapterids). p. 406-431. 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.
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. 2017. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (07/2017).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
Usma, S., Villa-Navarro, F., DoNascimiento, CD, Mojica, J.I., Rodríguez-Olarte, D. & Herrera-Collazos, E.E. 2022. Pimelodella cruxenti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.

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