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Siluriformes (Catfishes) > 
Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Pimelodus: Greek, pimele = fat + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range					
						Ecología					
				
				
				
					; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					South America:  upper Paraná River basin, Brazil.
				
				
			
			
				
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					Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 23.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 41259)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | 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)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Referencia 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00301 - 0.01516), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nivel trófico  (Referencia 
69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliencia  (Referencia 
120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (18 of 100). 
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