Pimelodus pohli

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Pimelodus pohli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Pimelodidae Genus: Pimelodus Species: P. pohli
Binomial name
Pimelodus pohli Ribeiro & de Lucena, 2006

Pimelodus pohli is a species of catfish belonging to the family Pimelodidae. It is only found in the São Francisco River, Brazil, and its tributaries.

Smaller, younger members of this species (under 100 mm standard length) have the grey body marked with four rows of small dark spots, larger specimens tending to be plain grey. The species reaches a maximum length of around 150 mm standard length. It has a rather deep body with a large eye and noticeably protruding upper jaw. The maxillary barbels are very long, reaching the deeply forked caudal fin, when stretched along the body. Among the other characteristics which distinguish it froms its congeners is the rather long adipose fin.

The specific name honours the Austrian naturalist Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, who collected specimens in the São Francisco basin in the 19th Century.

[edit] References

• Frank Raynner V. Ribeiro & Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena (2006). A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio São Francisco drainage, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (4): 411–418.