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Siluriformes (Catfishes) > 
Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Pimelodus: Greek, pimele = fat + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Th. Grosskopf collected specimens, including the holotype of this species, in Colombia (1876) for the Berlin Museum. We can find no other reference to him, or even his full forename. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / kisaran kedalaman / distribution range					
						Ekologi					
				
				
				
					; air tawar bentopelagis. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / umur
				
				
				
					Kematangan: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 38.0 cm SL jantan/; (Ref. 106806); Berat maksimum terpublikasi: 374.00 g (Ref. 96624)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Kematangan | Reproduksi, perkembang biakan | Pemijahan | telur-telur | Fecundity | Larva				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Status IUCN Red List   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Budidaya air: komersial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Acuan 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00555 - 0.01432), b=3.09 (2.96 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Acuan 
69278):  3.3   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
						 Generation time: 3.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
 growth studies.					
						Daya lenting  (Acuan 
120179):  sedang, Waktu penggandaan populasi minimum 1.4 - 4.4 tahun (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 
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