Pimelodina flavipinnis • Pimelodidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pimelodina flavipinnis** Steindachner, 1876
Common Name
Type Locality	Amazon River 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 data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds on benthic organisms.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.), pp 150 [102], Pl. 13 (fig. 2).
Registered Keepers	Keeping this species? Why not . There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data.
Wishlists	Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all.
Forum BBCode

	More on Pimelodina flavipinnis
	Look up Pimelodina flavipinnis on AquaticRepublic.com
	Look up Pimelodina flavipinnis on Fishbase
	Look up Pimelodina flavipinnis on Encyclopedia of Life
	Look up Pimelodina flavipinnis on Global Biodiversity Information Facility
	LFS label creator.
Last Update	2019 Oct 09 04:50 (species record created: 2006 Apr 12 00:00)