Pseudopimelodus bufonius
Giant Bumblebee Catfish
SynonymsTop ↑
Pimelodus bufonius Valenciennes, 1840
Etymology
Pseudopimelodus: from the Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudes), meaning ‘false, lying, untrue’, and the generic name Pimelodus.
bufonius: ‘toad-like’.
Classification
Order: Siluriformes Family: Pseudopimelodidae
Distribution
Distributed throughout northeastern South America from the Lake Maracaibo basin in Venezuela to eastern Brazil.
Type locality is uncertain but probably Cayenne, French Guiana.
Maximum Standard Length
200 – 245 mm.
References
- Ferraris, C. J., Jr., 2007 - Zootaxa 1418: 1-628
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.
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