Catfish

Pimelodella chagresi

Silurid Fish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Catfish is a freshwater fish found around Central and South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 15.4 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Pimelodella
Maximum length: 15.4 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Central and South America: on the Atlantic drainage found from the Río Coclé de; Norte, Panama to the affluents of the Maracaibo drainage, Venezuela. On the Pacific drainage, extends from the Río Grande de Térraba, Costa Rica, to the Río San Juan, Colombia.

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