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Common Name: bagre
Synonyms and Other Names: (bagre, bagre negro, bagre-guarié, jandiá, jundiá, jundiá-tinga, mandi, mandi-guaru, sapipoca).
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Silfvergrip (1996) reviewed and revised the genus Rhamdia. He included diagnostic characteristics for the genus and for R. quelen. Also included were illustrations and photographs of this species. This catfish, along with illustrations, is included in identification keys of Britski et al. (1984).
Size: 30 cm.
Native Range:
Tropical America. From southern Mexico in the north to central Argentina (Silfvergrip 1996).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: A single specimen, tentatively identified as this species, was taken in Florida from a water body west of Miami, Dade County in June 1995 (museum specimen).
Means of Introduction: Probable aquarium release.
Status: Reported from Florida.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks:
The Florida specimen was tentatively identified as R. quelen based on information given in Silfvergrip (1996). Several members of the genus Rhamdia are found in the ornamental fish trade (Burgess 1989).
Voucher specimen: Florida (UF 103762).
Britski, H. A., Y. Sato, and A. B. S. Rosa. 1984. Manual de identificação de peixes da região de Tres Marias (com chaves de identificação para os peixes da Bacia do São Francisco). Camara dos Deputados and Companhia de Desenvolvimento do Vale do São Francisco (CODEVASF), Brasília, Brasil. 143 pp.
Burgess, W. E. 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes: a preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Silfvergrip, A. M. C. 1996. A systematic revision of the Neotropical catfish genus Rhamdia (Teleostei, Pimelodidae). Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. 156 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 6/23/2004 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Rhamdia quelen. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=839> Revision Date: 6/23/2004
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