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Pimelodina flavipinnis Steindachner, 1876

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Steven Grant (1) Mark Henry Sabaj (2)

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Relevant Information:

Pimelodina flavipinnis is the only species of the genus Pimelodina. Found in in shallow lagoons and feeds on benthic organisms.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pimelodina nasus

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Type locality: Amazonenstrom bei Para [Brazil].

Size:

39.0cm (15½ins)

Temp:

22-25°C (71-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 01/2016 ).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.

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Pimelodina flavipinnis

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