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Peckoltia compta(2) Dorsal view - Click to enlarge
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Dorsal view

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Peckoltia compta(6) Male - Click to enlarge
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Male

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Peckoltia compta(9) Male guarding eggs - Click to enlarge
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Male guarding eggs

Peckoltia compta(10) Female after spawning - note scratches on right - Click to enlarge
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Female after spawning - note scratches on right

Peckoltia compta(11) Ten day old fry - Click to enlarge
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Ten day old fry

Peckoltia compta(12) Ten week old youngsters - Click to enlarge
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Ten week old youngsters

Peckoltia compta(13) Ten week old youngsters - Click to enlarge
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Ten week old youngsters

Peckoltia compta(14) Ventral view - Click to enlarge
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Ventral view

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Peckoltia compta(17) Territorial fighting - Click to enlarge
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Territorial fighting

Peckoltia compta(18) Posterior half of male showing odontode growth - Click to enlarge
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Posterior half of male showing odontode growth

Peckoltia compta(19) Posterior half of female showing no odontode growth - Click to enlarge
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Posterior half of female showing no odontode growth

Peckoltia compta(20) Gravid female - Click to enlarge
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Gravid female

Peckoltia compta(21) Close-up of head - Click to enlarge
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Close-up of head

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Lateral view

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Peckoltia compta(27) Pair, male on right - Click to enlarge
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Pair, male on right

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 Scientific Name  Peckoltia compta  Oliveria, Zuanon, Py-Daniel & Rocha, 2010 - add this species to your "My Cats" page.
 Common Name(s)  L134, Leopard Frog Pleco
 Type Locality  Brazil, Pará, Itaituba, Pimental, rio Tapajós downstream from the confluence with rio Jamanxim, 04ş41’06''S 056ş23’07''W.
 Pronunciation  peck OLE tea ah
 Etymology  Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. The specific epithet means adorned, in reference the species attractive patterning.
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 Identification  Although very variable in terms of patterning, this beautiful species is quite easy to identify. Younger fish have more background yellow colour and older fish are darker with more stripes.
 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.
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 Distribution  Pimental at the Rio Tapajós, Pará, Brazil 
Amazon, Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there)
 pH  6.0 - 7.4
 Temperature  24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others)
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 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.
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 References  Zootaxa 2534: 48–56 (2010)
 "My Cats"
 Registered Keepers
 
(1) Yann, who also notes, "My first Peckoltia species. Breeding had taken place in soft water", (2) fischling, (3) Ak Viking, (4) Cory-Diddi, (5) plecoboy, (6) f3mg, (7) gimmeplec5, (8) Bengt F, (9) Borbi, (10) Barbie, (11) plecoready, (12) spencerdeluxe, (13) chris 1, (14) ThorG, (15) husky_jim, (16) Oliver D., (17) Erlend D Bertelsen, (18) amergim, (19) alga, (20) fishfarmer, who also notes, "Breeding report on my web page http://cinci-fishfarmer.com/reports/L-134BR.html", (21) alenate, who also notes, "Breeding group", (22) Kingkat, (23) Tuti, (24) mikelouth, (25) stang1, (26) joern, (27) pureplecs, (28) FishGeek, (29) LoL, (30) FreshwaterJeff, who also notes, "One adult male kept, lost due to CO2 malfunction. This species remains my favorite pleco.", (31) The-Wolf, (32) The-Wolf, (33) jombi21, (34) apistomaster, who also notes, "One of my top three favorite species of small Plecos. Hard to beat their colors. Med shy, not as bad as H. contradens, for example.", (35) Kenneth Wong, (36) _BaDgUy_, (37) Daragh, (38) Respect, (39) Jools, who also notes, "Picked up 5 smaller fish all about 1" SL.", (40) spikeyface, (41) gupebreedr, who also notes, "Received 4 sub-adults Amazon Jungle Pets in Miami", (42) Freakdaddy, (43) AngJo, (44) Högö, (45) HBC, (46) prutsprogrammeur, (47) ulster exile, (48) Bristle nose, (49) YSR50, who also notes, "2009/01/04 finaly, babies. 2009/02/16 second batch Now breeding about every 5 weeks. Looks like I have 2 breeding pair now.", (50) Poshpleco, (51) Vierrollenfreak, (52) Luka, (53) Dave_C, (54) mikelouth, (55) mikelouth, (56) mikelouth, (57) Walter, (58) kagal, (59) soltarii007, (60) Catfish66, who also notes, "They are in my 100 cm tank,they will move to my second 80 cm tank as soon as it is ready.", (61) wasabi, (62) kwakermad, (63) trini_100, (64) Kay1986, (65) glenny, (66) ninetysixmustang, (67) ninetysixmustang, (68) ninetysixmustang, (69) ninetysixmustang, (70) ninetysixmustang, (71) ninetysixmustang, (72) ninetysixmustang, (73) andyj, (74) drgold, (75) zhallam, (76) valkat, (77) jburke11, (78) jippo, (79) njfishguy, who also notes, "picked up nine beauties. Two are fully grown and look to be a pair. There are two smaller males and I cannot be sure yet on the other ones. Split into two groups and we'll see what happens.", (80) Matien, (81) LUISGOREY, (82) CoryLoachFreak, (83) LUISGOREY, (84) meum, (85) firlefanz, (86) TheWetArm, (87) Cristoffer Forssander, (88) knusperfunk, (89) lewishan, (90) Ronin 2, (91) defi, (92) L-ko, (93) ACMEexp, (94) ashik, (95) briggadane, (96) calsonic, (97) ronsterrc, (98) karlwu, (99) Numbers, (100) cwhite67, (101) Trollboy, (102) Trollboy, (103) Trollboy, (104) Trollboy, (105) Trollboy, (106) Tommi, (107) DaveW, (108) Lubbe, (109) addictedtocats, (110) CCA001, (111) JeffrD, (112) plec0, (113) karlwu, (114) ben757, (115) joviman, (116) nashnut, (117) djwalker124, who also notes, "Omnivorous with a tendency towards meaty foods. Not an effective algae eater. pH 6.0 - 7.4", (118) Pungen, (119) a2fishguy, (120) cich_cat, (121) jgvenn, (122) Shaun, who also notes, "German Bred.", (123) hookedonfish, (124) buddi, (125) buddi, (126) Proteus, (127) ianz, (128) ianz, (129) psionic001, (130) Aquariumfun, (131) PlecoCrazy, (132) johanx, (133) bcb, (134) kamas88, who also notes, "At least I hope that there are 4 females...", (135) Birger Amundsen, (136) Juand15, (137) GW_NL, (138) Firestorming, (139) Handels, (140) panaque, (141) doodle, (142) gotya, (143) Per, (144) smithrc, (145) evesonevo, (146) Melchior, (147) Melchior, (148) José Maria, (149) Toad, (150) Seaokoy, (151) matti2uude, (152) saltcop, (153) L127, (154) jha61, (155) robt18, (156) dougy, (157) jac, (158) royaldragoness, (159) fusco, (160) PepperedGary, (161) theonetruepath, who also notes, "Grrrr not everyone lives in the US 2009/ 04/04 This date is not valid, you cannot enter a date in the future (today is 2009-04-03).", (162) upc239, who also notes, "Received 3 1.5 inch plecos yesterday. Very active, not too shy. More whitish than yellowish", (163) ablank, (164) ofird, (165) wilpleco, (166) nomuken, (167) h2opleco, (168) Sutrisno, (169) Sutrisno, (170) tf_fish, (171) nowhereman, (172) dconnors, (173) Janne Josefsson, (174) godfreyhales, (175) tinycichlid1, (176) Greg Curtis, (177) Raptor, (178) TwoTankAmin, who also notes, "11 F0 fish via Jeff Rapp. Not sure of sexes and trying to spawn them with no luck.", (179) ouscazz, (180) Billybob, (181) Billybob, (182) FrankW, (183) gr8plecos, (184) dave air, (185) donishi, (186) Juand15, (187) jbmm, who also notes, "bought at Hannover convention from Volker", (188) KnaveTO, (189) cichlideakvarie.dk, (190) oli, (191) leej24, (192) djtonyel, (193) claro, (194) TomK, (195) judeblackburn, (196) oxdeleon, (197) Raz, (198) gazza87023, (199) MarkN, (200) bigbadbraun, (201) Elisabeth Dahl, (202) jbmm, who also notes, "aquabeek", (203) vega77, (204) drpleco, (205) d3n2, who also notes, "Not 100% about sex.", (206) SilverFlame819, who also notes, "Searching for what really makes these little guys happy. So far, he just seems to like a porcelain piece of driftwood in the tank, and has no interest at all whatsoever in glass.", (207) janne dahle, (208) Rita A, (209) satony, (210) Rita Aspevik, (211) rzlaprime, (212) HenkeP, (213) lnumbers63, (214) playcos, (215) bottomfeeders, (216) keen-eyed, (217) bronzefry, (218) nkm68, (219) Tallblue, (220) duequattro, (221) DutchPlecoFreak, (222) Neri2495, (223) d3n2, (224) ichtyophile, (225) robert521, who also notes, "Uncle Neds.Maybe 2m/2f", (226) Daniel_yeo, (227) Tony, (228) scat35, (229) scat35, (230) Substral, (231) Dan*, (232) Dan*.
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 Last Update  2010-07-13 13:52:03 (species record created: 2001-05-05 00:00:00)
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