''Pimelodella'' is a genus of

three-barbeled catfish The Heptapteridae, or three-barbeled catfishes, are a family of catfish that originate from the Americas. Most species are restricted to South America, but '' Imparfinis lineatus'', '' Nemuroglanis panamensis'' and '' Pimelodella chagresi'' are ...

es. ''Pimelodella'' is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of Taxonomy (biology), 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 troglobite, troglobitic catfishes, ''P. kronei'' and ''P. spelaea''.

Species

There are currently 78 recognized species in this genus: * ''Pimelodella altipinnis'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1864) * ''Pimelodella australis'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella avanhandavae'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella boliviana'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella boschmai'' Jan Willem Baltus van der Stigchel, van der Stigchel, 1964 * ''Pimelodella brasiliensis'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1877) * ''Pimelodella breviceps'' (Rudolf Kner, Kner, 1858) * ''Pimelodella buckleyi'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1887) * ''Pimelodella chagresi'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1876) * ''Pimelodella chaparae'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1940 * ''Pimelodella conquetaensis'' Ernst Ahl, C. G. E. Ahl, 1925 * ''Pimelodella cristata'' (Johannes Peter Müller, J. P. Müller & Franz Hermann Troschel, Troschel, 1848) * ''Pimelodella cruxenti'' Augustín Fernández-Yépez, Fernández-Yépez, 1950 * ''Pimelodella cyanostigma'' (Edward Drinker Cope, Cope, 1870) * ''Pimelodella dorseyi'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 * ''Pimelodella eigenmanni'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1891) * ''Pimelodella eigenmanniorum'' (Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911) * ''Pimelodella elongata'' (Albert C. L. G. Günther, Günther, 1860) * ''Pimelodella enochi'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 * ''Pimelodella eutaenia'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1913 * ''Pimelodella figueroai'' Georg Dahl, Dahl, 1961 * ''Pimelodella geryi'' Jacobus Johannes Hoedeman, Hoedeman, 1961 * ''Pimelodella gracilis'' (Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1835) (Graceful pimelodella) * ''Pimelodella griffini'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella grisea'' (Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1903) * ''Pimelodella hartii'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1877) * ''Pimelodella hartwelli'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1940 * ''Pimelodella hasemani'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella howesi'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1940 * ''Pimelodella ignobilis'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1907) * ''Pimelodella itapicuruensis'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella kronei'' (Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907) * ''Pimelodella lateristriga'' (Martin Lichtenstein, M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) * ''Pimelodella laticeps'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella laurenti'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 * ''Pimelodella leptosoma'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1914) * ''Pimelodella linami'' Leonard Peter Schultz, L. P. Schultz, 1944 * ''Pimelodella longipinnis'' (Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin, Borodin, 1927) * ''Pimelodella macrocephala'' (Cecil William Miles, Miles, 1943) * ''Pimelodella macturki'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 * ''Pimelodella martinezi'' Augustín Fernández-Yépez, Fernández-Yépez, 1970 * ''Pimelodella meeki'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1910 * ''Pimelodella megalops'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 * ''Pimelodella megalura'' Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 * ''Pimelodella metae'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella modestus'' (Albert C. L. G. Günther, Günther, 1860) * ''Pimelodella montana'' William Ray Allen, W. R. Allen, 1942 * ''Pimelodella mucosa'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann & David Perkins Ward, Ward, 1907 * ''Pimelodella nigrofasciata'' (Alberto Perugia, Perugia, 1897) * ''Pimelodella notomelas'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella odynea'' Leonard Peter Schultz, L. P. Schultz, 1944 * ''Pimelodella ophthalmica'' (Edward Drinker Cope, Cope, 1878) * ''Pimelodella pallida'' Georg Dahl, Dahl, 1961 * ''Pimelodella papariae'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941) * ''Pimelodella pappenheimi'' Ernst Ahl, C. G. E. Ahl, 1925 * ''Pimelodella parnahybae'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 * ''Pimelodella parva'' Güntert, 1942 * ''Pimelodella pectinifer'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann & Rosa Smith Eigenmann, R. S. Eigenmann, 1888 * ''Pimelodella peruana'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann & George S. Myers, G. S. Myers, 1942 * ''Pimelodella peruensis'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1915 * ''Pimelodella procera'' Gerlof Fokko Mees, Mees, 1983 * ''Pimelodella rendahli'' Ernst Ahl, C. G. E. Ahl, 1925 * ''Pimelodella reyesi'' Georg Dahl, Dahl, 1964 * ''Pimelodella robinsoni'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941) * ''Pimelodella roccae'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella rudolphi'' Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 * ''Pimelodella serrata'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella spelaea'' Eleonora Trajano, Trajano, Roberto Esser dos Reis, R. E. dos Reis & Maria Elina Bichuette, Bichuette, 2004 * ''Pimelodella steindachneri'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1917 * ''Pimelodella taeniophora'' (Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1903) * ''Pimelodella taenioptera'' Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914 * ''Pimelodella tapatapae'' Carl H. Eigenmann, C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 * ''Pimelodella transitoria'' Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1907 * ''Pimelodella vittata'' (Christian Frederik Lütken, Lütken, 1874) * ''Pimelodella wesselii'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1877) * ''Pimelodella witmeri'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941 * ''Pimelodella wolfi'' (Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1941) * ''Pimelodella yuncensis'' Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1902

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3040171 Pimelodella, Heptapteridae Catfish of South America Catfish genera Freshwater fish genera Freshwater fish of South America Freshwater fish of Brazil Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann Taxonomy articles created by Polbot