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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes)
Etymology: Conorhynchos: Latin, conicus = cone + Greek, rhungchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Issue
Family placement: imcertae sedis in Siluriformes in CoF following Ferraris 2007 (Ref. 58032). Provisionally placed here in the Pimelodidae.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

South America: Rio São Francisco, Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 72.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130067); max. published weight: 4.9 kg (Ref. 130067)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (A2cd); Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

FAO -

Conorhynchos conirostris (Valenciennes, 1840)