Pimelodus pohli

Taxobox
name = "Pimelodus pohli"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Pimelodidae
genus = "Pimelodus"
species = "P. pohli"
binomial = "Pimelodus pohli"
binomial_authority = Ribeiro & de Lucena, 2006

"Pimelodus pohli" is a species of catfish belonging to the family Pimelodidae. It is only found in the São Francisco River, Brazil, and its tributaries.

Smaller, younger members of this species (under 100 mm standard length) have the grey body marked with four rows of small dark spots, larger specimens tending to be plain grey. The species reaches a maximum length of around 150 mm standard length. It has a rather deep body with a large eye and noticeably protruding upper jaw. The maxillary barbels are very long, reaching the deeply forked caudal fin, when stretched along the body. Among the other characteristics which distinguish it froms its congeners is the rather long adipose fin.

The specific name honours the Austrian naturalist Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, who collected specimens in the São Francisco basin in the 19th Century.

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v4n4/a04v4n4.pdf |title=A new species of "Pimelodus" La Cépède 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio São Francisco drainage, Brazil |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology |volume=4 |issue=4 |year=2006 |author=Frank Raynner V. Ribeiro & Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena |pages=411–418