Pinirampus pirinampu (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)

Flatwhiskered catfish

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Pinirampus pirinampu
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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Pinirampus: Latin, pinna = fin + perhaps Old German, rampf = hook.
More on authors: Spix & Agassiz.

Issue
We have retained the younger name P. pirinampu (Spix & Agassiz) for purposes of stability, there has been virtually no use of P. barbancho since its original description, thus we treat it as a Nomen oblitum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 25; potamódromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

South America: Amazon, Essequibo, Orinoco, and Paraná basins.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ?, range 45 - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36506); peso máx. Publicado: 7.7 kg (Ref. 40637)

Occurs in schools. Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 9084). Known from a temperatures ranging from 24-29 °C, pH range of 5-9, and an alkalinity range of 42-142 (Ref. 9110).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003. Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes). p. 432-446. 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. (Ref. 36506)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)