Pimelodus LaCepede 1803
Authors/Creators
- 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
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Additional details
Identifiers
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