Ribeiro, de Lucena & Oyakawa, 2011
A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, BrazilPimelodus multicratifer, a new species, is described from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin. The new species differs from the other Pimelodus species by the following features: 26 to 30 gill rakers on the first branchial arch; a combination of three to six rows of dark spots regularly or irregularly scattered on the flanks and several small dark spots irregularly scattered on the dorsal surface of head, supraoccipital process, and sometimes on the dorsal and caudal fins; striated lips; maxillary barbels
reaching between posterior tip of the pelvic-fin rays and posterior tip of the middle caudal-fin rays.
Frank Raynner V. Ribeiro, Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena and Osvaldo T. Oyakawa
Neotropical Ichthyology, 9(1):127-134, 2011