Pimelodella

Pimelodella is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes.

Pimelodella
Pimelodella gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Pimelodella C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888
Type species
Pimelodus cristatus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Typhlobagrus A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1907 Caecorhamdella Borodin, 1927

Pimelodella is the largest genus in the family. However, it is in need of taxonomic revision.^[1]

This genus is found on both sides of the Andes, ranging from Panama to Paraguay and southern Brazil.^[1] 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.^[1]

Species

There are currently 81 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• 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^[3]
• Pimelodella yuncensis Steindachner, 1902