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family

long-whiskered catfishes
Pimelodidae Bonaparte, 1837

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Siluriformes - catfish

Scientific synonyms

Hypophthalmidae Bleeker, 1862

Other names

= loweye catfishes (Hypophthalmidae)

Included taxa

Number of records: 31

genus Aguarunichthys Stewart, 1986
genus Bagropsis Lütken, 1874
genus Bergiaria Eigenmann & Norris, 1901
genus Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
genus Calophysus Müller & Troschel, 1843
genus Cheirocerus Eigenmann, 1917
genus Duopalatinus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
genus Exallodontus Lundberg, Mago-Leccia & Nass, 1991
genus Hemisorubim Bleeker, 1862
genus Hypophthalmus Cuvier, 1829
genus Iheringichthys Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
genus Leiarius Bleeker, 1862
genus Luciopimelodus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
genus Megalonema Eigenmann, 1912
genus Parapimelodus La Monte, 1933
genus Perrunichthys Schultz, 1944
genus Phractocephalus Agassiz, 1829
genus Pimelabditus Lundberg & Parisi, 2009
genus Pimelodina Steindachner, 1876
genus Pimelodus Lacépède, 1803
genus Pinirampus Bleeker, 1858
genus Platynematichthys Bleeker, 1858
genus Platysilurus Haseman, 1911
genus Platystomatichthys Bleeker, 1862
genus Propimelodus Lundberg & Parisi, 2002
genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
genus Sorubim Cuvier, 1829
genus Sorubimichthys Bleeker, 1862
genus Steindachneridion Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1919
genus Zungaro Bleeker, 1858
genus Zungaropsis Steindachner, 1908

Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [family/359]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Pimelodidae]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN Ferraris C. J. (2007): Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types, Zootaxa 1418, 628 pp [as Pimelodidae]
Data retrieved on: 13 June 2013
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2004): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 4. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii), kostnatí (Neopterygii) – trnobřiší (Characiformes), nahohřbetí (Gymnotiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 171 pp. [as Pimelodidae]
Data retrieved on: 18 June 2013
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2004): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 4. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii), kostnatí (Neopterygii) – trnobřiší (Characiformes), nahohřbetí (Gymnotiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 171 pp. [as Hypophthalmidae]
Data retrieved on: 18 June 2013
EN Sheiko B.A. (2013): On family-group names of extant fishes and fish-like vertebrates of the world, Explorations of the fauna of the seas. St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 74 (82). P. 1–204. [as Pimelodidae Bonaparte, 1837]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2019
EN Sheiko B.A. (2013): On family-group names of extant fishes and fish-like vertebrates of the world, Explorations of the fauna of the seas. St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute RAS. Vol. 74 (82). P. 1–204. [as Hypophthalmidae Bleeker, 1862]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2019

Data source info

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase
[Data retrieved on: 24 May 2007]

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