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Scientific Name	**Pimelodina flavipinnis** Steindachner, 1876
Common Name
Type Locality	Amazon River at Pará, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Pimelodina nasus
Etymology	(Greek)Pimelel=Fat + (Greek)dinos, deinos=terrible This specific epithet refers to its yellow(flavus=yellow) fins(pinnis=fins).
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds on benthic organisms. User data.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.), pp 150 [102], Pl. 13 (fig. 2).
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:41 (species record created: 2006 Apr 12 00:00)