Pimelodella

Pimelodella is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Heptapteridae.

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

This genus has a cis- and trans-Andean distribution from Panama to Paraguay and southern Brazil.^[1] This genus includes two species of troglobitic catfishes, P. kronei and P. spelaea.^[1]

Species

Pimelodella includes the following species:^[2]

• Pimelodella altipinnis (Steindachner, 1864).
• Pimelodella australis Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella avanhandavae Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella boliviana Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella boschmai Van der Stigchel, 1964.
• Pimelodella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1877).
• Pimelodella breviceps (Kner, 1857).
• Pimelodella buckleyi (Boulenger, 1887).
• Pimelodella chagresi (Steindachner, 1876).
• Pimelodella chaparae Fowler, 1940.
• Pimelodella conquetaensis Ahl, 1925.
• Pimelodella cristata (Müller & Troschel, 1848).
• Pimelodella cruxenti Fernández-Yépez, 1950.
• Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope, 1870).
• Pimelodella dorseyi Fowler, 1941.
• Pimelodella eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1891).
• Pimelodella eigenmanniorum (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).
• Pimelodella griffini Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella grisea (Regan, 1903).
• Pimelodella hartii (Steindachner, 1877).
• Pimelodella hartwelli Fowler, 1940.
• Pimelodella hasemani Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella howesi Fowler, 1940.
• Pimelodella itapicuruensis Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella kronei (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907).
• Pimelodella lateristriga (Lichtenstein, 1823).
• Pimelodella laticeps Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella laurenti Fowler, 1941.
• Pimelodella linami Schultz, 1944.
• Pimelodella macrocephala (Miles, 1943).
• Pimelodella macturki Eigenmann, 1912.
• Pimelodella martinezi Fernández-Yépez, 1970.
• Pimelodella meeki Eigenmann, 1910.
• Pimelodella megalops Eigenmann, 1912.
• Pimelodella megalura Miranda Ribeiro, 1918.
• Pimelodella metae Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella modesta (Günther, 1860).
• Pimelodella montana Allen, 1942.
• Pimelodella mucosa Eigenmann & Ward, 1907.
• Pimelodella nigrofasciata (Perugia, 1897).
• Pimelodella notomelas Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella odynea Schultz, 1944.
• Pimelodella ophthalmica (Cope, 1878).
• Pimelodella pallida Dahl, 1961.
• Pimelodella pappenheimi Ahl, 1925.
• Pimelodella parnahybae Fowler, 1941.
• Pimelodella parva Güntert, 1942.
• Pimelodella pectinifer Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888.
• Pimelodella peruana Eigenmann & Myers, 1942.
• Pimelodella peruensis Fowler, 1915.
• Pimelodella procera Mees, 1983.
• Pimelodella reyesi Dahl, 1964.
• Pimelodella roccae Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella rudolphi Miranda Ribeiro, 1918.
• Pimelodella serrata Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella spelaea Trajano, Reis & Bichuette, 2004.
• Pimelodella steindachneri Eigenmann, 1917.
• Pimelodella taeniophora (Regan, 1903).
• Pimelodella taenioptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1914.
• Pimelodella tapatapae Eigenmann, 1920.
• Pimelodella transitoria Miranda Ribeiro, 1907.
• Pimelodella vittata (Lütken, 1874).
• Pimelodella wesselii (Steindachner, 1877).
• Pimelodella witmeri Fowler, 1941.
• Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902.

References

1. ^ ^{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 (2): 315–325. 
2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.