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Pictus

Pimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876

Status not recordedbony fish

The pictus (Pimelodus pictus) is a species in the family Pimelodidae, order Siluriformes.

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Quick facts about the pictus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pictus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pictus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mexico

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pictus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pictus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSiluriformes
  5. familyPimelodidae
  6. genusPimelodus
  7. SpeciesPimelodus pictus Steindachner, 1876

Synonyms Pimelodella picta, Pimelodella pictus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Pictus catfishEnglish
  • Spotted pimelodusEnglish
  • Plettet trådmalleDanish
  • CunshiSpanish
  • Леопардовый пимелодусRussian
  • BarbudoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pictus

Other species in the same genus Pimelodus.

Spotted pim

Pimelodus maculatus

PimelodidaeNo free photo yet

Katvis

Pimelodus ornatus

PimelodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pictus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pictus as introduced in 1 country: Mexico, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pictus?

The pictus (Pimelodus pictus) belongs to the family Pimelodidae in the order Siluriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pictus (Pimelodus pictus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pictus

MLA

“Pictus (Pimelodus pictus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pictus.

BibTeX
@misc{pictus_2026,
  title = {Pictus (Pimelodus pictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pictus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}