Pimelodidae

Grenand, Pierre, Chapuis, Jean, Cognat, André, Christinoi, Antonia, Davy, Damien, Grenand, Françoise, Jégu, Michel, Keith, Philippe, Martin, Emmanuel, Nemo, François, Pagezy, Hélène & Le Bail, Pierre-Yves, 2015, Revision of vernacular names for the freshwater fish of French Guiana, Cybium 39 (4), pp. 279-300 : 291-292

Pimelodidae

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819) :

torch (Approuague, Oyapock) (C); aharakwan (P); letkëimë (Wa); pilau, tolosi (Wi); lalaoe (S); filhote (juvenile), piraíba (adult) (Br); kumakuma, goliath catfish (E).

Note: The Wayana people have named this species that they find in the Paru Rio (Pará, Brazil). In Wayãpi, pilau is the oral name given traditionally and tolosi is a name borrowed from the Creole of Oyapock because of their acquaintance with the fish through the lower Oyapock.

Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castelnau, 1855) : dorad

(C); dorad (P); brachyplatystoma de Rousseaux (F); dourada (Br); gilded catfish (E).

Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840) :

pousisi, kanfran (Oyapock) (C); pasisi, malishili (K); usis (P); brachyplatystoma de Vaillant (F); piramutaba (Br); laulao catfish, piramutaba (E).

Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Valenciennes, 1840) : bata-

wi (Maroni) (C); kashili (K); ëkëmu (Wa); melinu, maïpanbu, pakira-fisi (B); melino (Nd); bec-en-canard tacheté (F); bicode-pato, braço-de-moça, jurupoca (Br); porthole shovelnose catfish, spotted shovelnose catfish (E).

Hypophthalmus marginatus Valenciennes, 1840 :

janmégouté (C); kulawa (K); wetikoko (B); mapará (Br).

Pimelabditus moli Parisi & Lundberg, 2009 : letkë (Wa);

pimelabditus de Mol (F).

Pimelodus blochii (Valenciennes, 1840): kalouéri,

kawiriri (C); kaweli (K); wadama (P); kuikui, kawayuimë (Wa); kaweli (B); kaweri (S); silure gras, pimelodus de Bloch (F); mandiú, mandi-amarelo (Br); four-lined pimelodus (E).

Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1858: poson-pakira (C);

madungu (K); liku (Wa); pilatuleãkã (Wi); batɨpɨ (T); kaweli (B); kat fisi (S); pimelodus orné (F); mandi-guaru, cabeçudo (Br); ornate Pim, ornate Pimelodus (E).

Propimelodus eigenmanni (van der Stigchel, 1946) :

makaï (C); letkëimë, kaikui (Wa); pimelodus d’Eigenmann (F); mandi (Br).

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766) : posontig, torch-tig (Sinnamary), wi, roui (Maroni, Oyapock) (C); uluwi (K); tunukri (P); huluwi (wëlïi) (Wa); suluwi (Wi); uluwi (T); lowi, wi (B, Nd); spigri kati (S); pseudoplatystomas fascié (F); surubim, pintado (Br); tiger catfish, tiger-shovelnose, barred sorubim (E).

Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840) :

poson-tig, torch-tig, wi (C); uluwi (K); tunukri priye (P);

huluwi (eluwa) (Wa); suluwi yawa (Wi); lowi, wi (B, Nd); spigri kati (S); pseudoplatystomas tigré (F); caparari (Br); tiger catfish, tiger-shovelnose, tiger sorubim (E).