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    The Pimelodidae, commonly known as the long-whiskered catfishes, are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes). The family Pimelodidae has undergone...
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    a small (11.0 centimetres (4.3 in) TL) member of the catfish family Pimelodidae, native to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins and commonly kept as a...
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    present fringed testis: Ictaluridae, Claridae, Auchenipteridae, Doradidae, Pimelodidae, and Pseudopimelodidae. In the testes of some species of Siluriformes...
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    Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    kumakuma, valentón or lau lau, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae and genus Brachyplatystoma that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River...
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    the gills of larger Amazonian fishes, especially catfish of the family Pimelodidae (Siluriformes). Although lurid anecdotes of attacks on humans abound...
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  • Brachyplatystoma capapretum (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    piraiba catfish or false piraiba, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to watershed areas of Brazil and Peru. It is a much widespread...
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    Brachyplatystoma (category Pimelodidae)
    Brachyplatystoma is a genus of catfish from the family Pimelodidae. As the occasionally used common name goliath catfishes indicates, this genus includes...
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    Redtail catfish (category Pimelodidae)
    Orangel (2003). "The late Miocene Phractocephalus catfish (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Urumaco, Venezuela: additional specimens and reinterpretation as...
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    ; Bazzoli, N. (2003). "Reproduction of the surubim catfish (Pisces, Pimelodidae) in the São Francisco River, Pirapora Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil"....
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    Pimelodus maculatus (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    Pimelodus maculatus is a fish in the family Pimelodidae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pimelodus maculatus. Wikispecies has information related...
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    Pimelodus blochii (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    in the family Pimelodidae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pimelodus blochii. Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann (2003) Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered...
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  • Pimelodus pohli (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    Pimelodus pohli is a species of catfish belonging to the family Pimelodidae. It is only found in the São Francisco River, Brazil, and its tributaries...
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    Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (category Pimelodidae)
    "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1–38 (30-32). Froese...
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    Leiarius pictus (category Pimelodidae)
    catfish or saddle catfish, is a species of demersal catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon, Essequibo, and Orinoco River basins of Colombia...
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    Pseudoplatystoma (category Pimelodidae)
    Pseudoplatystoma is a genus of several South American catfish species of family Pimelodidae. The species are known by a number of different common names. They typically...
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    Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    the gilded catfish or dourada, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of...
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  • Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    or tigerstriped catfish, is a large species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to the Amazon basin in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. It is...
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    Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum (category Pimelodidae)
    "Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species"; Zootaxa 1512: 1–38 (30-32). v t...
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    Gilded catfish (category Pimelodidae)
    zungaro) is a South American catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is also known as manguruyu or black manguruyu. By some sources, it...
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    (December 2014). "Infection of the heart of Pimelodus ornatus (Teleostei, Pimelodidae), by Myxobolus sp. (Myxozoa, Myxobolidae)". Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia...
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    suckermouth catfishes Family Callichthyidae: armored catfishes Family Pimelodidae: pimelodid catfishes Family Trichomycteridae: pencil catfishes Family...
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    Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    the Laulao catfish or piramuta, is a species of catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco River basins and major rivers of...
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    Leiarius marmoratus (category Pimelodidae)
    Pim or Achara catfish, is a species of demersal catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon and Orinoco river basins. It grows to a length...
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    goatfish, hagfish, sturgeon, zebrafish and some species of shark. The Pimelodidae are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) commonly known as the...
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    Cheirocerus eques (category Pimelodidae)
    Cheirocerus eques, is a species of demersal catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Amazon River basin of Brazil. It grows to a length of...
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    Aguarunichthys torosus (category Pimelodidae)
    Yellow-band Catfish, is a species of benthopelagic catfish of the family Pimelodidae that is native to Cenepa River basin in Amazon River drainage of Peru...
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    2020). "Goliath catfish Brachyplatystoma Bleeker, 1862 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Miocene of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences...
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    Calophysus macropterus (category Pimelodidae)
    (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Calophysus of the family Pimelodidae. This fish has also been placed in its own family, Calophysidae. This...
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  • Pimelodus coprophagus (category Pimelodidae stubs)
    the family Pimelodidae. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pimelodus coprophagus. Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann (2003) Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered...
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    Firewood catfish (category Pimelodidae)
    planiceps" in FishBase. February 2012 version. "PlanetCatfish::Cat-eLog::Pimelodidae::Sorubimichthys planiceps". 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2007-05-15. Lundberg...
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