Pimelodidae

E230169

Pimelodidae is a family of freshwater catfishes, commonly known as long-whiskered catfishes, native primarily to Central and South America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pimelodidae canonical 31
Pimelodinae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName long-whiskered catfishes ⓘ
pimelodid catfishes ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
distributionRegion Amazon Basin ⓘ
Orinoco Basin ⓘ
Paraná–Paraguay Basin ⓘ
São Francisco Basin ⓘ
economicUse aquarium trade ⓘ
commercial fisheries ⓘ
food fish ⓘ
recreational sport fishing ⓘ
feedingType predatory ⓘ
habitat floodplains ⓘ
freshwater lakes ⓘ
large river channels ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
hasCharacteristic barbels on head ⓘ
benthic ⓘ
elongated body ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
well-developed barbels ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature adipose fin usually present ⓘ
scaleless body ⓘ
three pairs of barbels in many species ⓘ
includes Brachyplatystoma ⓘ
Calophysus ⓘ
Conorhynchos ⓘ
Duopalatinus ⓘ
Hemisorubim ⓘ
Hypophthalmus ⓘ
Iheringichthys ⓘ
Leiarius ⓘ
Megalonema ⓘ
Phractocephalus ⓘ
Pimelodus ⓘ
Pinirampus ⓘ
Platynematichthys ⓘ
linked to: Iheringichthys

Pseudoplatystoma ⓘ
Sorubim ⓘ
Steindachneridion ⓘ
Zungaro ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Central America ⓘ
Neotropical region ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm

South America ⓘ
notableSpecies Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii ⓘ
linked to: Brachyplatystoma

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus ⓘ
linked to: Phractocephalus

Pseudoplatystoma corruscans ⓘ
linked to: Pseudoplatystoma

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum ⓘ
linked to: Pseudoplatystoma
order Siluriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
recognizedBy FishBase ⓘ
Integrated Taxonomic Information System ⓘ
reproduction egg-laying ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siluriformes → contains → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Pseudoplatystoma → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Sorubim → parentTaxon → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Sorubim → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Sorubim lima → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Sorubim
Hemisorubim → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Hemisorubim
Zungaro → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Zungaro → subfamily → Pimelodinae ⓘ
linked to: Pimelodidae
Calophysus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Calophysus macropterus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Calophysus
Calophysus → higherClassification → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Pinirampus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Pinirampus pirinampu → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Pinirampus
Megalonema → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Duopalatinus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Hypophthalmus → parentTaxon → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Hypophthalmus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Conorhynchos → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Conorhynchos conirostris → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Conorhynchos
Brachyplatystoma → parentTaxon → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Brachyplatystoma → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Steindachneridion → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Leiarius → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Leiarius marmoratus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Leiarius
Leiarius pictus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Leiarius
Pimelodus → parentTaxon → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Pimelodus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Phractocephalus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ
subject linked to: Phractocephalus
Iheringichthys → parentTaxon → Pimelodidae ⓘ
Iheringichthys → family → Pimelodidae ⓘ