Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1840
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Pimelodus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyPimelodidae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusPimelodus Lacepède, 1803
- speciesPimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pimelodus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pimelodus argenteus Perugia, 1891 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus britskii Garavello & Shibatta, 2007 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus fur (Lütken, 1874) | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus garciabarrigai Dahl, 1961 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède, 1803 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus multicratifer Ribeiro, Lucena & Oyakawa, 2011 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus mysteriosus Azpelicueta, 1998 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus navarroi Schultz, 1944 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus ortmanni Haseman, 1911 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus pohli Ribeiro & Lucena, 2006 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus punctatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pimelodus stewarti Ribeiro, Lucena & Lucinda, 2008 | PimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pimelodus blochi Valenciennes, 1840 Valenciennes, 1840 | synonym |
| Pseudorhamdia macronema Bleeker, 1864 Bleeker, 1864 | synonym |
| Pseudorhamdia piscatrix Cope, 1870 Cope, 1870 | synonym |
| Silurus clarias Bloch, 1782 Bloch, 1782 | ambiguous synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. Tome Quinzième. Suite Du Livre Dix-Septième. Siluroïdes., v. 15: i–xxxi + 1–540, Pls. 421–455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i–xxiv + 1–397 in Strasbourg edition.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4HWHK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.