Pimelodella

Pimelodella
	Pimelodella gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Pimelodella; C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Type species
	Pimelodus cristatus; J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848.
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Typhlobagrus; A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1907; Caecorhamdella; Borodin, 1927

Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes.

Pimelodella is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of taxonomic revision.^[1]

This genus is found on both sides of the Andes, ranging from Panama to Paraguay and southern Brazil.^[1] With the exception of P. chagresi, all members of the genus are restricted to South America. This genus includes two species of troglobitic catfishes, P. kronei and P. spelaea.^[1]

Species[edit]

There are currently 78 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Pimelodella altipinnis (Steindachner, 1864)
Pimelodella australis C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella avanhandavae C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella boliviana C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella boschmai van der Stigchel, 1964
Pimelodella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1877)
Pimelodella breviceps (Kner, 1858)
Pimelodella buckleyi (Boulenger, 1887)
Pimelodella chagresi (Steindachner, 1876)
Pimelodella chaparae Fowler, 1940
Pimelodella conquetaensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1925
Pimelodella cristata (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Pimelodella cruxenti Fernández-Yépez, 1950
Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope, 1870)
Pimelodella dorseyi Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1891)
Pimelodella eigenmanniorum (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911)
Pimelodella elongata (Günther, 1860)
Pimelodella enochi Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella eutaenia Regan, 1913
Pimelodella figueroai Dahl, 1961
Pimelodella geryi Hoedeman, 1961
Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Graceful pimelodella)
Pimelodella griffini C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella grisea (Regan, 1903)
Pimelodella hartii (Steindachner, 1877)
Pimelodella hartwelli Fowler, 1940
Pimelodella hasemani C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella howesi Fowler, 1940
Pimelodella ignobilis (Steindachner, 1907)
Pimelodella itapicuruensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella kronei (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907)
Pimelodella lateristriga (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823)
Pimelodella laticeps C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella laurenti Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella leptosoma (Fowler, 1914)
Pimelodella linami L. P. Schultz, 1944
Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927)
Pimelodella macrocephala (Miles, 1943)
Pimelodella macturki C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Pimelodella martinezi Fernández-Yépez, 1970
Pimelodella meeki C. H. Eigenmann, 1910
Pimelodella megalops C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Pimelodella megalura A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Pimelodella metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella modestus (Günther, 1860)
Pimelodella montana W. R. Allen, 1942
Pimelodella mucosa C. H. Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
Pimelodella nigrofasciata (Perugia, 1897)
Pimelodella notomelas C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella odynea L. P. Schultz, 1944
Pimelodella ophthalmica (Cope, 1878)
Pimelodella pallida Dahl, 1961
Pimelodella papariae (Fowler, 1941)
Pimelodella pappenheimi C. G. E. Ahl, 1925
Pimelodella parnahybae Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella parva Güntert, 1942
Pimelodella pectinifer C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Pimelodella peruana C. H. Eigenmann & G. S. Myers, 1942
Pimelodella peruensis Fowler, 1915
Pimelodella procera Mees, 1983
Pimelodella rendahli C. G. E. Ahl, 1925
Pimelodella reyesi Dahl, 1964
Pimelodella robinsoni (Fowler, 1941)
Pimelodella roccae C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella rudolphi A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918
Pimelodella serrata C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella spelaea Trajano, R. E. dos Reis & Bichuette, 2004
Pimelodella steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
Pimelodella taeniophora (Regan, 1903)
Pimelodella taenioptera A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914
Pimelodella tapatapae C. H. Eigenmann, 1920
Pimelodella transitoria A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907
Pimelodella vittata (Lütken, 1874)
Pimelodella wesselii (Steindachner, 1877)
Pimelodella witmeri Fowler, 1941
Pimelodella wolfi (Fowler, 1941)
Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Trajano, Eleonara; Reis, Roberto E.; Bichuette, Maria Elina (2004). "Pimelodella spelaea: A New Cave Catfish from Central Brazil, with Data on Ecology and Evolutionary Considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia. 2004 (2): 315–325. doi:10.1643/ci-03-144r1. S2CID 86184371.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pimelodella in FishBase. December 2011 version.

[Trajano-1] Trajano, Eleonara; Reis, Roberto E.; Bichuette, Maria Elina (2004). "Pimelodella spelaea: A New Cave Catfish from Central Brazil, with Data on Ecology and Evolutionary Considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Copeia. 2004 (2): 315–325. doi:10.1643/ci-03-144r1. S2CID 86184371.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pimelodella in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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