Published December 31, 2006 | Version v1
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Pimelodus LaCepede 1803

  • 1. Instituto Esperança de Ensino Superior, rua Coaracy Nunes, 3315, 68040100 Santarém, PA, Brazil
  • 2. Laboratório de Ictiologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga 6681, 90619 - 900 PortoAlegre, RS, Brazil

Description

Key to the species of Pimelodus of the rio São Francisco drainage.

1. 15-18 rakers on first branchial arch; head depth 42.3-50.2% HL; interorbital width 12.1-14.9% HL ........... Pimelodus fur

1’. 20-28 gill rakers on first branchial arch; head depth 58.6- 79.0% HL; interorbital width 21.9-30.4% HL ....................... 2

2. 25-28 rakers on first branchial arch; horizontal eye diameter 19.5-25.1% HL ................................... Pimelodus maculatus

2’. 20-25 rakers on first branchial arch; eye diameter horizontal 26.5-32.2% HL ................. Pimelodus pohli, new species

Notes

Published as part of Ribeiro, Frank Raynner V. & de Lucena, Carlos Alberto S., 2006, A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio São Francisco drainage, Brazil, pp. 411-418 in Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (4) on page 416, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252006000400004, http://zenodo.org/record/5418776

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
LaCepede
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Pimelodidae
Genus
Pimelodus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pimelodus LaCepede, 1803 sec. Ribeiro & Lucena, 2006