Peckoltia sabaji • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

Eleven week old juvenile
Juveniles
Female
Male in cave
Pair (female - right)
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Adult
Washed out - recent import
Two day old fry
Eighteen day old fry
Twenty two day old fry
Twenty four day old fry
Six weeks old
Close-up of head
L075, Rio do Para
Four day old fry
Seven day old fry
Juvenile
Four day old eggs
Twelve day old fry
Thirty five day old fry
Four month old juvenile
Dorsal view of twenty two day old
Close-up of female
Adult (stressed)
The original LDA02 image
Rio Jatapu form
Rio Jatapu form

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Peckoltia sabaji** Armbruster, 2003
Common Name(s)	L075, L124, L301, LDA002, Para Pleco
Type Locality	Guyana: Rupununi, Essequibo River Drainage. 6km WSW of Sand Creek village.
Synonym(s)	Ancistomus sabaji
Pronunciation	peck OLE tea ah - sah BAY eye
Etymology	Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. Named for Dr. Mark Henry Sabaj, Collection Manager of Ichthyology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Species Information
Size	250mm (9.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	See CotM article link below.
Sexing	Unreported, doesn't follow the norm for Peckoltia species.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Guyana, Essequibo drainage, Venezuela/Colombia, middle reaches of Orinoco drainage, northern Brazil, Rio Negro drainage and river of Para State flowing north into the Amazon downstream of the confluence with the Rio Negro. Amazon, Lower Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Negro (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Orinoco , Middle Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	6.0 - 7.6
Temperature	24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Flowing water preferred but not mandatory.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	A real omnivore; will eat frozen bloodworm, sinking pellets, flakes and green vegetables. Feed unsettled or new fish at, or just before, night / lights out.
Furniture	Provide plenty of rocks for hiding. Tank does not need to be well-planted. Low rounded rocks and close to the ground driftwood crevices are favoured. This pleco doesn't commonly attach to the glass or venture very high in the water column.
Compatibility	A relatively gentle pleco even when at its maximum size. Appears to do well with its own kind as well as other plecos of a similar temperament / dietary requirements.
Suggested Tankmates	Other small to medium sized catfish, a good pleco to keep with Corydoras or Brochis. Seems to prefer the company of smaller more active fish rather than larger ones. Double figure sized shoals of active tetras or even cyprinids seem to have the most calming effect and inspire confidence in these plecos to make daytime sorties in search of food.
Breeding	They are sexually mature around 13-14 cm SL but there are only small differences between the sexes. The male grows just a little longer interopercular and pectoral spine odontodes. The latter are small compared to many other species in the same genus. The females get very plump when gravid and her genital papilla will look round and be very visible, males stay slender and elongated in their body. They are cave spawners and the main problem is to get both sexes and a pair that match each other in terms of size and temperament as the spawning is remarkably gentle in comparison to most other species especially Hypancistrus.
Further Information
References	Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturges.v. 1 (no. 1) - pp25 Armbruster, J. W. (2003). Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 344:1-12.
Registered Keepers	(1) natefrog, (2) Promod, (3) Cory-Diddi, (4) f3mg (k: 2), (5) Trident2004, (6) Micki, (7) spencerdeluxe, (8) Tuti, (9) DarkAtlas (p: 2), (10) LoL, (11) FuglyDragon, who also notes: "Changes color to suit substrate", (12) luis, (13) PoohBear, (14) Ben-cgn, (15) Brotox (p: 4), (16) smithrc, (17) humle, (18) Chrysichthys, (19) Cyberbob, (20) Högö (k: 2), (21) Jools, (22) firenzenz, (23) layzmob, (24) drgold (k: 6), (25) simonas, (26) jippo (k: 2), (27) Freakdaddy, (28) frank frestad, (29) LUISGOREY, (30) sillypony, who also notes: "flashy. fast mover.", (31) loloveto, (32) scatz, (33) Julie, (34) calsonic, (35) ronsterrc, (36) cwhite67, (37) zhallam, (38) 78bill, (39) norfolkgarden, who also notes: "3.5 inches, very active, great fish. Looks most like pic 32, but with stripes from back of dorsal fin to tail. Lost in October tank crash. Will definately look for another one.", (40) Waterboy, (41) doesdavid, (42) wiseoldowl, (43) tvwav, (44) stang1, (45) traumatic, (46) Loracidlover, (47) smsjazz81, (48) Deano089, (49) Seaokoy, (50) I_Xeno, (51) PepperedGary, (52) upc239 (k: 2), (53) wilpleco, (54) shadowcat (k: 2), (55) nowhereman (k: 2), (56) dr_philatelist, (57) storch31, (58) claro, (59) Bijn, (60) FrankW, (61) oli (k: 5), (62) suprabiatch, (63) Back, who also notes: "Died of unknown causes", (64) drpleco (k: 5), (65) 2wheelsx2 (p: 3, k: 3), who also notes: "Sourced from Brazil Found 2 dead, one was decayed and another had a black stomach.", (66) J Bluto, (67) Turbo, (68) Norbert, (69) Kampfer, (70) puresp (k: 3), (71) KAROBA (k: 3), (72) L-ko (k: 3), (73) Nx7, (74) PeterUK, (75) dpk2313, (76) huskybz91, (77) ichtyophile, (78) judeblackburn, (79) hossma (p: 2), (80) Derzel, (81) mrfishydude, (82) ChanggyChinggy, (83) Buc_Nasty, (84) tspaceace68, (85) Donald (k: 9), (86) plecomanpat (p: 2, k: 2), (87) hankinswood, (88) idudi, (89) VonKarppis, (90) WoonyFishMan, (91) scorpia9100, (92) Nabobmob1, (93) Decker504, (94) PlecoCrazy (k: 4), (95) geminiluna, (96) Jako, (97) FFTRIP (p: 2), (98) wrasse, (99) Skägget, (100) ali_uk_1, (101) gforcefx, (102) Apostolis, (103) mikebren12, (104) dudiel, (105) mdwflyer, (106) Brisch. 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	None.
More Resources	- CotM 2004 May - Shane's World Reproduction Keeping and spawning Peckoltia sabaji - Search Planet Catfish for more on Peckoltia sabaji - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Peckoltia sabaji on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Peckoltia sabaji 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	2006 Dec 01 09:26 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Peckoltia sabaji Armbruster, 2003

Common Name(s)

L075, L124, L301, LDA002, Para Pleco

Type Locality

Guyana: Rupununi, Essequibo River Drainage. 6km WSW of Sand Creek village.

Synonym(s)

Ancistomus sabaji

Pronunciation

peck OLE tea ah - sah BAY eye

Etymology

Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. Named for Dr. Mark Henry Sabaj, Collection Manager of Ichthyology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Species Information

Size

250mm (9.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

See CotM article link below.

Sexing

Unreported, doesn't follow the norm for Peckoltia species.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Guyana, Essequibo drainage, Venezuela/Colombia, middle reaches of Orinoco drainage, northern Brazil, Rio Negro drainage and river of Para State flowing north into the Amazon downstream of the confluence with the Rio Negro.
Amazon, Lower Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) Show it on a map

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

, Middle Orinoco (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

6.0 - 7.6

Temperature

24.0-26.0°C or 75.2-78.8°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Flowing water preferred but not mandatory.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

A real omnivore; will eat frozen bloodworm, sinking pellets, flakes and green vegetables. Feed unsettled or new fish at, or just before, night / lights out.

Furniture

Provide plenty of rocks for hiding. Tank does not need to be well-planted. Low rounded rocks and close to the ground driftwood crevices are favoured. This pleco doesn't commonly attach to the glass or venture very high in the water column.

Compatibility

A relatively gentle pleco even when at its maximum size. Appears to do well with its own kind as well as other plecos of a similar temperament / dietary requirements.

Suggested Tankmates

Other small to medium sized catfish, a good pleco to keep with Corydoras or Brochis. Seems to prefer the company of smaller more active fish rather than larger ones. Double figure sized shoals of active tetras or even cyprinids seem to have the most calming effect and inspire confidence in these plecos to make daytime sorties in search of food.

Breeding

They are sexually mature around 13-14 cm SL but there are only small differences between the sexes. The male grows just a little longer interopercular and pectoral spine odontodes. The latter are small compared to many other species in the same genus. The females get very plump when gravid and her genital papilla will look round and be very visible, males stay slender and elongated in their body. They are cave spawners and the main problem is to get both sexes and a pair that match each other in terms of size and temperament as the spawning is remarkably gentle in comparison to most other species especially Hypancistrus.

Further Information

References

Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturges.v. 1 (no. 1) - pp25
Armbruster, J. W. (2003). Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa 344:1-12.

Registered Keepers

(1) natefrog, (2) Promod, (3) Cory-Diddi, (4) f3mg (k: 2), (5) Trident2004, (6) Micki, (7) spencerdeluxe, (8) Tuti, (9) DarkAtlas (p: 2), (10) LoL, (11) FuglyDragon, who also notes: "Changes color to suit substrate", (12) luis, (13) PoohBear, (14) Ben-cgn, (15) Brotox (p: 4), (16) smithrc, (17) humle, (18) Chrysichthys, (19) Cyberbob, (20) Högö (k: 2), (21) Jools, (22) firenzenz, (23) layzmob, (24) drgold (k: 6), (25) simonas, (26) jippo (k: 2), (27) Freakdaddy, (28) frank frestad, (29) LUISGOREY, (30) sillypony, who also notes: "flashy. fast mover.", (31) loloveto, (32) scatz, (33) Julie, (34) calsonic, (35) ronsterrc, (36) cwhite67, (37) zhallam, (38) 78bill, (39) norfolkgarden, who also notes: "3.5 inches, very active, great fish. Looks most like pic 32, but with stripes from back of dorsal fin to tail. Lost in October tank crash. Will definately look for another one.", (40) Waterboy, (41) doesdavid, (42) wiseoldowl, (43) tvwav, (44) stang1, (45) traumatic, (46) Loracidlover, (47) smsjazz81, (48) Deano089, (49) Seaokoy, (50) I_Xeno, (51) PepperedGary, (52) upc239 (k: 2), (53) wilpleco, (54) shadowcat (k: 2), (55) nowhereman (k: 2), (56) dr_philatelist, (57) storch31, (58) claro, (59) Bijn, (60) FrankW, (61) oli (k: 5), (62) suprabiatch, (63) Back, who also notes: "Died of unknown causes", (64) drpleco (k: 5), (65) 2wheelsx2 (p: 3, k: 3), who also notes: "Sourced from Brazil Found 2 dead, one was decayed and another had a black stomach.", (66) J Bluto, (67) Turbo, (68) Norbert, (69) Kampfer, (70) puresp (k: 3), (71) KAROBA (k: 3), (72) L-ko (k: 3), (73) Nx7, (74) PeterUK, (75) dpk2313, (76) huskybz91, (77) ichtyophile, (78) judeblackburn, (79) hossma (p: 2), (80) Derzel, (81) mrfishydude, (82) ChanggyChinggy, (83) Buc_Nasty, (84) tspaceace68, (85) Donald (k: 9), (86) plecomanpat (p: 2, k: 2), (87) hankinswood, (88) idudi, (89) VonKarppis, (90) WoonyFishMan, (91) scorpia9100, (92) Nabobmob1, (93) Decker504, (94) PlecoCrazy (k: 4), (95) geminiluna, (96) Jako, (97) FFTRIP (p: 2), (98) wrasse, (99) Skägget, (100) ali_uk_1, (101) gforcefx, (102) Apostolis, (103) mikebren12, (104) dudiel, (105) mdwflyer, (106) Brisch.

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