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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 / profondeur / distribution range					
						Écologie					
				
				
				
					; eau douce benthopélagique. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins.
				
				
			
			
				
					Taille / Poids / Âge
				
				
				
					Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 38.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 106806); poids max. publié: 374.00 g (Ref. 96624)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Menace pour l'homme  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Aquaculture: commercial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Réf. 
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).
					
					Niveau trophique  (Réf. 
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.					
						Résilience  (Réf. 
120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 
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