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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Peckoltia brevis** (La Monte, 1935)
Common Name(s)	L205, LDA078
Type Locality	Near Sena Madureira, near mouth of R. Macaua, trib. of Rio Iaco, itself a trib. to Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Hemiancistrus brevis
Pronunciation	peck OLE tea ah
Etymology	Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. This specific epithet literally means short(brevis=short).
Species Information
Size	114mm (4.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing	Males develop small teeth-like odontodes which adorn the leading pectoral fin rays and the back half of the fishes body. Females remain unadorned and have a wider girth across the body most evident when the area just behind the pectoral fins is viewed from above.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Purus River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Purus (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón , Ucayali , Upper Ucayali (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón , Ucayali , Middle Ucayali (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	5.8 - 7.8
Temperature	22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	dh 15-28.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Omnivorous with a tendency towards meaty foods. Not an effective algae eater. Well fed individuals will not damage most plants.
Furniture	Rock piles and wood tangles. Plants are not vital.
Compatibility	Peaceful if a little territorial. As a rough guide give each fish a 12 inch square area well broken up with decorations.
Breeding	Cave spawner.
Further Information
References	Am. Mus. Novit.No. 784 - pp3 - Fig. 2
Registered Keepers	(1) Ancistrus, (2) vriesea (k: 2), who also notes: "Bought at PCCA fish auction. Very solitary, hardly ever see this pleco. Not sure what it is eating. I observed that L205 perfers the outer skin of the zuccini rather then the inside. Bought a second at Silicon Valley on 10/06/07 juvenile($4). Not", (3) husky_jim (k: 7), (4) CatBrat, (5) stang1, (6) azfisher (k: 2), (7) Freakdaddy (k: 2), (8) Yann (p: 2, k: 5), who also notes: "Rio Purus", (9) Lutt (k: 53), (10) Cooky_luvs, (11) emma, (12) Luka (k: 7), (13) Plecofanatic1989, (14) invaderwithkey, (15) Firestorming (k: 2), (16) aledk85, (17) Numbers (k: 12), who also notes: "Arrows 6cm $100 each Contracted white spot 1-6-08 cleared up with Salt, Ichonex, temp at 28c and extra O2", (18) nashnut (k: 2), (19) snaggle (k: 3), who also notes: "Wild caughts ", (20) sunfish, (21) Glauko, (22) catmar, (23) AleGer (k: 2), (24) nyamaoan (k: 2), (25) AlvinBrockway, (26) jessey, (27) claro, (28) andreogmikela, (29) upc239 (p: 2, k: 6), (30) Steen (k: 3), (31) kwalker (k: 8), (32) David R, (33) stumac (k: 3), (34) Yofman, (35) Ecrevince, (36) kiwiplymouth. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	(1) Lutt (b: 12).
More Resources	- Search Planet Catfish for more on Peckoltia brevis - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Peckoltia brevis on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Peckoltia brevis on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
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Last Update	2009 May 08 06:40 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Peckoltia brevis (La Monte, 1935)

Common Name(s)

L205, LDA078

Type Locality

Near Sena Madureira, near mouth of R. Macaua, trib. of Rio Iaco, itself a trib. to Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Hemiancistrus brevis

Pronunciation

peck OLE tea ah

Etymology

Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. This specific epithet literally means short(brevis=short).

Species Information

Size

114mm (4.5") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Sexing

Males develop small teeth-like odontodes which adorn the leading pectoral fin rays and the back half of the fishes body. Females remain unadorned and have a wider girth across the body most evident when the area just behind the pectoral fins is viewed from above.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Purus River basin.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) Show it on a map

, Purus

(hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón Show it on a map

, Ucayali

, Upper Ucayali Show it on a map

(hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón Show it on a map

, Ucayali

, Middle Ucayali Show it on a map

(hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

5.8 - 7.8

Temperature

22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

dh 15-28.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Omnivorous with a tendency towards meaty foods. Not an effective algae eater. Well fed individuals will not damage most plants.

Furniture

Rock piles and wood tangles. Plants are not vital.

Compatibility

Peaceful if a little territorial. As a rough guide give each fish a 12 inch square area well broken up with decorations.

Breeding

Cave spawner.

Further Information

References

Am. Mus. Novit.No. 784 - pp3 - Fig. 2

Registered Keepers

(1) Ancistrus, (2) vriesea (k: 2), who also notes: "Bought at PCCA fish auction. Very solitary, hardly ever see this pleco. Not sure what it is eating. I observed that L205 perfers the outer skin of the zuccini rather then the inside. Bought a second at Silicon Valley on 10/06/07 juvenile($4). Not", (3) husky_jim (k: 7), (4) CatBrat, (5) stang1, (6) azfisher (k: 2), (7) Freakdaddy (k: 2), (8) Yann (p: 2, k: 5), who also notes: "Rio Purus", (9) Lutt (k: 53), (10) Cooky_luvs, (11) emma, (12) Luka (k: 7), (13) Plecofanatic1989, (14) invaderwithkey, (15) Firestorming (k: 2), (16) aledk85, (17) Numbers (k: 12), who also notes: "Arrows 6cm $100 each Contracted white spot 1-6-08 cleared up with Salt, Ichonex, temp at 28c and extra O2", (18) nashnut (k: 2), (19) snaggle (k: 3), who also notes: "Wild caughts ", (20) sunfish, (21) Glauko, (22) catmar, (23) AleGer (k: 2), (24) nyamaoan (k: 2), (25) AlvinBrockway, (26) jessey, (27) claro, (28) andreogmikela, (29) upc239 (p: 2, k: 6), (30) Steen (k: 3), (31) kwalker (k: 8), (32) David R, (33) stumac (k: 3), (34) Yofman, (35) Ecrevince, (36) kiwiplymouth.

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Breeding Reports

(1) Lutt (b: 12).

More Resources

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Peckoltia brevis
Link

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Look up AquaticRepublic.com

- Look up Peckoltia brevis on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Peckoltia brevis on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

- URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)

Hits

19745 hits.

Last Update

2009 May 08 06:40 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

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