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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Pimelodina flavipinnis Steindachner, 1876 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Amazon R. at Pará, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Pimelodina nasus |
| Etymology | (Greek)Pimelel=Fat + (Greek)dinos, deinos=terrible This specific epithet refers to its yellow(flavus=yellow) fins(pinnis=fins). |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Orinoco  (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on benthic organisms. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 74 (1. Abth.) 150 [102] Pl. 13 (fig. 2) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2008 Aug 03 03:18 (species record created: 2006 Apr 12 00:00) |
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