“…Studies on parasitism in pimelodids have been also conducted in other localities of Brazil, such as some helminth parasites of species of Pimelodus Lacepède, 1803: P. blochii Valenciennes, 1840in Paraná River (KOHN et al, 1997; P. fur (Lütken, 1874) in Paraná River ; P. maculatus in Amazon Basin in Guaiba River (KOHN;FRÓES, 1986;FORTES et al, 1993;SARMENTO et al, 1995); in Guandu River (SANTOS et al, 2007;ALBUQUERQUE et al, 2008;AZEVEDO et al, 2010); in Itajaí-Açu River (BACHMANN et al, 2007); in Mogi Guaçu River (TRAVASSOS; KOHN, 1965;KOHN et al, 1985;FERNANDES, 1987;AGUIAR et al, 2011); in Paraiba do Sul River (VENANCIO et al, 2010); in Paraná River (TRAVASSOS; KOHN, 1965;MACHADO DOS SANTOS, 1992;MORAVEC et al, 1993MORAVEC et al, , 1997KOHN et al, 1997;PAVANELLI, 2004;KOHN, 2008;KOHN et al, 2011;LOPES et al, 2011); in Paranapanema River (RAMOS et al, 2013); Pimelodus microstoma Steindachner, 1877 in Mogi Guaçu River (AGUIAR et al, 2011) [note of the authors: this fish species was cited by the authors as P. heraldoi Azpelicueta, 2001, that is a junior synonym of P. microstoma Stein., sensu Ribeiro and Lucena (2010) KOHN, 2001;KOHN et al, 2011); Pimelodus sp. in Amazon Basin (VICENTE et al, 1978).…”