Pimelodus absconditus Azpelicueta, 1995

Family:  Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Max. size:  28.7 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 194.0 g
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Paraná River basin.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabits large or small rivers, streams and lagoons. Feeds on larvae of chironomids and ceratopogonids, both larvae and adult terrestrial Coleoptera, ants, mollusks and other fishes.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 27 December 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.