Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes.
Pimelodella is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of taxonomic revision.
This genus is found on both sides of the Andes, ranging from Panama to Paraguay and southern Brazil. With the exception of P. chagresi, all members of the genus are restricted to South America. This genus includes two species of troglobitic catfishes, P. kronei and P. spelaea.
Species There are currently 81 recognized species in this genus: Pimelodella altipinnis (Steindachner, 1864) Pimelodella australis C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella avanhandavae C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella bockmanni Slobodian & Pastana, 2018 Pimelodella boliviana C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella boschmai van der Stigchel, 1964 Pimelodella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1877) Pimelodella breviceps (Kner, 1858) Pimelodella buckleyi (Boulenger, 1887) Pimelodella chagresi (Steindachner, 1876) Pimelodella chaparae Fowler, 1940 Pimelodella conquetaensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1925 Pimelodella cristata (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) Pimelodella cruxenti Fernández-Yépez, 1950 Pimelodella cyanostigma (Cope, 1870) Pimelodella dorseyi Fowler, 1941 Pimelodella eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1891) Pimelodella eigenmanniorum (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911) Pimelodella elongata (Günther, 1860) Pimelodella enochi Fowler, 1941 Pimelodella eutaenia Regan, 1913 Pimelodella figueroai Dahl, 1961 Pimelodella geryi Hoedeman, 1961 Pimelodella gracilis (Valenciennes, 1835) (Graceful pimelodella) Pimelodella griffini C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella grisea (Regan, 1903) Pimelodella hartii (Steindachner, 1877) Pimelodella hartwelli Fowler, 1940 Pimelodella hasemani C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella howesi Fowler, 1940 Pimelodella humeralis Slobodian, Akama & Dutra, 2017 Pimelodella ignobilis (Steindachner, 1907) Pimelodella itapicuruensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella kronei (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) Pimelodella lateristriga (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) Pimelodella laticeps C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella laurenti Fowler, 1941 Pimelodella leptosoma (Fowler, 1914) Pimelodella linami L. P. Schultz, 1944 Pimelodella longibarbata Cortés-Hernández, DoNascimiento & Ramírez-Gil, 2020 Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927) Pimelodella macrocephala (Miles, 1943) Pimelodella macturki C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 Pimelodella martinezi Fernández-Yépez, 1970 Pimelodella meeki C. H. Eigenmann, 1910 Pimelodella megalops C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 Pimelodella megalura A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 Pimelodella metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella modestus (Günther, 1860) Pimelodella montana W. R. Allen, 1942 Pimelodella mucosa C. H. Eigenmann & Ward, 1907 Pimelodella nigrofasciata (Perugia, 1897) Pimelodella notomelas C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella odynea L. P. Schultz, 1944 Pimelodella ophthalmica (Cope, 1878) Pimelodella pallida Dahl, 1961 Pimelodella papariae (Fowler, 1941) Pimelodella pappenheimi C. G. E. Ahl, 1925 Pimelodella parnahybae Fowler, 1941 Pimelodella parva Güntert, 1942 Pimelodella pectinifer C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 Pimelodella peruana C. H. Eigenmann & G. S. Myers, 1942 Pimelodella peruensis Fowler, 1915 Pimelodella procera Mees, 1983 Pimelodella rendahli C. G. E. Ahl, 1925 Pimelodella reyesi Dahl, 1964 Pimelodella robinsoni (Fowler, 1941) Pimelodella roccae C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella rudolphi A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 Pimelodella serrata C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella spelaea Trajano, R. E. dos Reis & Bichuette, 2004 Pimelodella steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 Pimelodella taeniophora (Regan, 1903) Pimelodella taenioptera A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914 Pimelodella tapatapae C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 Pimelodella transitoria A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907 Pimelodella vittata (Lütken, 1874) Pimelodella wesselii (Steindachner, 1877) Pimelodella witmeri Fowler, 1941 Pimelodella wolfi (Fowler, 1941) Pimelodella yaharo Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Dergam& Villa-Navarro, 2019 Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902
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