Different pimelodid from Rio Negro ID ?

Charly EON · Post by **Charly EON** » 05 Apr 2006, 14:12

species one

species two

species three

Can someone help ?

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 05 Apr 2006, 16:07

Hi Charly,
A rather uncertain try in reversed order:
Species 3 is Pimelodus blochii or a species belonging to the blochii group.
Species 2 & 1 are either Rhamdia or Pimelodella species, but I daren't identify them on species level.
Species 1 looks alot like Pimelodella cristata (Burgess, p. 616, top left picture), but I don't know if this name is still valid, as this book dates from 1989.
Don't worry, there will certainly be more opinions given soon.

Raph · Post by **Raph** » 05 Apr 2006, 16:10

Hi,

The first one is a Rhamdia. Looks similar to R. quelen.
Second one is a Pimelodella closely related to P. cristata.
The third one is a Pimelodus of the blochii group, maybe something like P. albofasciatus.

Cheers
Raph.

Post by **Silurus** » 06 Apr 2006, 18:11

The Rhamdia is not R. quelen, but R. muelleri.

DeepFriedIctalurus · Post by **DeepFriedIctalurus** » 10 Apr 2006, 13:12

I can't help anymore with their identities, but as a side note I do believe the second fish is the same one that was available in the hobby last year under the name "blue line Pimelodella". It's a perfect match for the 4 I used to have.