Pimelodidae

Megalonema xanthum

Megalonema xanthum

Fifteen Point Nine Centimeters Catfish of Colombian Waters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Local endemic species
• Single river-basin endemic
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Megalonema xanthum is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.