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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Pimelodina flavipinnis Steindachner, 1876 |
| Common Name | |
| 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 (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view species occurence data on a map. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on benthic organisms. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 74 (1. Abth.) 150 [102] Pl. 13 (fig. 2) |
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| Last Update | 2008 Aug 03 03:18 (species record created: 2006 Apr 12 00:00) |
