A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio São Francisco drainage, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ribeiro, Frank Raynner V., de Lucena, Carlos Alberto S. (2006): A new species of Pimelodus LaCépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the rio São Francisco drainage, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 4 (4): 411-418, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252006000400004, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252006000400004&lng=en&tlng=en Pimelodus pohli, new species, is described from the rio São Francisco drainage.

It differs from congeners by the following characters in combination: adults with dark spots on anterodorsal region of body and young specimens (up to 100 mm SL) with three rows of dark spots laterally on body; comparatively long adipose fin, more than one third of the distance between posterior end of dorsal fin base and the vertical through posterior end of anal-fin base (21.8-26.2% SL); lips poorly developed; 20-25 gill rakers; and maxillary barbels slightly surpassing the caudal-fin base.