Pimelodidae

E230169

Pimelodidae is a family of freshwater catfishes, commonly known as long-whiskered catfishes, native primarily to Central and South America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pimelodidae canonical 31
Pimelodinae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
taxon
class Actinopterygii
commonName long-whiskered catfishes
pimelodid catfishes
diet crustaceans
fish
invertebrates
distributionRegion Amazon Basin
Orinoco Basin
Paraná–Paraguay Basin
São Francisco Basin
economicUse aquarium trade
commercial fisheries
food fish
recreational sport fishing
feedingType predatory
habitat floodplains
freshwater lakes
large river channels
rivers
hasCharacteristic barbels on head
benthic
elongated body
freshwater
well-developed barbels
hasMorphologicalFeature adipose fin usually present
scaleless body
three pairs of barbels in many species
includes Brachyplatystoma
Calophysus
Conorhynchos
Duopalatinus
Hemisorubim
Hypophthalmus
Iheringichthys
Leiarius
Megalonema
Phractocephalus
Pimelodus
Pinirampus
Platynematichthys
linked to: Iheringichthys

Pseudoplatystoma
Sorubim
Steindachneridion
Zungaro
kingdom Animalia
nativeTo Central America
Neotropical region
linked to: Neotropical realm

South America
notableSpecies Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
linked to: Brachyplatystoma

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
linked to: Phractocephalus

Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
linked to: Pseudoplatystoma

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
linked to: Pseudoplatystoma
order Siluriformes
phylum Chordata
recognizedBy FishBase
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
reproduction egg-laying
taxonRank family

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siluriformes contains Pimelodidae
Pseudoplatystoma family Pimelodidae
Sorubim parentTaxon Pimelodidae
Sorubim family Pimelodidae
Sorubim lima family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Sorubim
Hemisorubim family Pimelodidae
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Hemisorubim
Zungaro family Pimelodidae
Zungaro subfamily Pimelodinae
linked to: Pimelodidae
Calophysus family Pimelodidae
Calophysus macropterus family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Calophysus
Calophysus higherClassification Pimelodidae
Pinirampus family Pimelodidae
Pinirampus pirinampu family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Pinirampus
Megalonema family Pimelodidae
Duopalatinus family Pimelodidae
Hypophthalmus parentTaxon Pimelodidae
Hypophthalmus family Pimelodidae
Conorhynchos family Pimelodidae
Conorhynchos conirostris family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Conorhynchos
Brachyplatystoma parentTaxon Pimelodidae
Brachyplatystoma family Pimelodidae
Steindachneridion family Pimelodidae
Leiarius family Pimelodidae
Leiarius marmoratus family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Leiarius
Leiarius pictus family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Leiarius
Pimelodus parentTaxon Pimelodidae
Pimelodus family Pimelodidae
Phractocephalus family Pimelodidae
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus family Pimelodidae
subject linked to: Phractocephalus
Iheringichthys parentTaxon Pimelodidae
Iheringichthys family Pimelodidae