Pimelodella
Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes.
| Pimelodella | |
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| 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  | |
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
    
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
    
- 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.
 
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