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Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled catfishes)
Etymology: Pimelodella: Diminutive latinized of greek, pimele = fat + Greek, odous, odella = little teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Herman Theodore Wolf of Philadelphia was an aquarist and horticulturist, who, according to Fowler “…made several interesting collections of American fishes” for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Choró River basin in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36914)
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Bockmann, F.A. and A.M. Miquelarena, 2008. Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of a new catfish species from northeastern Argentina with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Rhamdella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae). Zootaxa 1780:1-54. (Ref. 75872)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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