Pimelodus is a genus of fish in the family Pimelodidae native to Central and South America.
Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:
- Pimelodus absconditus <small>Azpelicueta, 1995</small>
- Pimelodus albicans <small>(Valenciennes, 1840)</small>
- Pimelodus albofasciatus <small>Mees, 1974</small>
- Pimelodus altissimus <small>C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942</small>
- Pimelodus argenteus <small>Perugia, 1891</small>
- Pimelodus atrobrunneus <small>Vidal & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1999</small>
- Pimelodus blochii <small>Valenciennes, 1840</small>
- Pimelodus britskii <small>Garavello & Shibatta, 2007</small>
- Pimelodus coprophagus <small>L. P. Schultz, 1944</small>
- Pimelodus crypticus <small>Villa-Navarro & Cala, 2017</small>
- Pimelodus fur <small>(Lütken, 1874)</small>
- Pimelodus garciabarrigai <small>Dahl, 1961</small>
- Pimelodus grosskopfii <small>Steindachner, 1879</small>
- Pimelodus halisodous <small>F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008</small>
- Pimelodus jivaro <small>C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1942</small>
- Pimelodus joannis <small>F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008</small>
- Pimelodus luciae <small>M. S. Rocha & F. R. V. Ribeiro, 2010</small>
- Pimelodus maculatus <small>Lacépède, 1803</small>
- Pimelodus microstoma <small>Steindachner, 1877</small>
- Pimelodus multicratifer <small>F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & Oyakawa, 2011</small>
- Pimelodus mysteriosus <small>Azpelicueta, 1998</small>
- Pimelodus navarroi <small>L. P. Schultz, 1944</small>
- Pimelodus ornatus <small>Kner, 1858</small>
- Pimelodus ortmanni <small>Haseman, 1911</small>
- Pimelodus pantaneiro <small>Souza-Filho & Shibatta, 2007</small>
- Pimelodus paranaensis <small>Britski & Langeani, 1988</small>
- Pimelodus pictus <small>Steindachner, 1876</small>
- Pimelodus pintado <small>Azpelicueta, Lundberg & Loureiro, 2008</small>
- Pimelodus platicirris <small>Borodin, 1927</small>
- Pimelodus pohli <small>F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006</small>
- Pimelodus punctatus <small>(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)</small>
- Pimelodus quadratus <small>P. H. F. Lucinda, F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2016</small>
- Pimelodus speciosus <small>Costa e Silva, Ribeiro, Lucena & Lucinda, 2018</small>
- Pimelodus stewarti <small>F. R. V. Ribeiro, C. A. S. de Lucena & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2008</small>
- Pimelodus tetramerus <small>F. R. V. Ribeiro & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006</small>
- Pimelodus yuma <small>Villa-Navarro & Acero P., 2017</small>
Synonyms
- Pimelodus brevis <small>Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933</small>; valid as P. argenteus
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