Pimelodus pohli is a species of catfish belonging to the family Pimelodidae.

Smaller, younger members of this species (under 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) standard length) have the grey body marked with four rows of small dark spots, larger specimens tending to be plain grey.

It has a rather deep body with a large eye and noticeably protruding upper jaw.

The maxillary barbels are very long, reaching the deeply forked caudal fin, when stretched along the body.

The specific name honours the Austrian naturalist Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, who along with Johann Natterer, collected specimens in the São Francisco basin in the 19th century.