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Heptapteridae
Graceful pimelodella
Pimelodella gracilis
Elongated Heptapterid Fish from the Amazon Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumGraceful pimelodella is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Heptapteridae
- Genus
- Pimelodella
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: Orinoco, Amazon and La Plata basins.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
