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Parapimelodus valenciennis (Lütken, 1874)

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Julio Endler (1) Abril Bastons (1) Freshwater Fish from Uruguay 2nd. edition (1)

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Description: 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: –is, genitive singular of: patronym not identified but clearly in honour of Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865), co-author of the 22-volume Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (1828-1850), a basic reference for ichthyologists of the time.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pimelodus spegazzinii, Pimelodus spegezzinii, Pimelodus valenciennis

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Paraná River basin. Type locality: La Plata.

Size:

17.0cm. (6¾ins)

Temp:

22-27°C (71-81°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

ArgentiNat 2021.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2015. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 04/2015 ).
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.

Family: Pimelodidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Parapimelodus valenciennis
Colonia Doctor Pastor Obligado, Paraguay

Parapimelodus valenciennis
Dorsal head view-Berazategui, AR-BA, AR

Parapimelodus valenciennis

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