WoRMS taxon details
Pimelodidae Bonaparte, 1835
- Genus Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Pimelodus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Ginesia Fernández-Yépez, 1951 accepted as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Goslinia Myers, 1941 accepted as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Pimelodes accepted as Pimelodus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
- Genus Piramutana Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Piratinga Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
- Genus Platystoma Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829 accepted as Sorubim Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Pseudorhamdia Bleeker, 1862 accepted as Pimelodus Lacepède, 1803
- Genus Taenionema Eigenmann & Bean, 1907 accepted as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pimelodidae Bonaparte, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154427 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | long-whiskered catfishes | [details] |
