Peckoltia vittata • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

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Eight day old fry
Eight week old juveniles (& one LDA01 7 week old)
Ten week old youngsters and already 4cm!
Male on top clearly showing the body odontodes
Male guarding fry
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Fry development, one day to six months
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Peckoltia vittata** (Steindachner, 1882)
Common Name(s)	Candy Striped Pleco, Common Peckoltia, L015
Type Locality	Amazon R., Tajapouru, Xingu near Moz Port, R. Madeira
Synonym(s)	Chaetostomus vittatus
Pronunciation	peck OLE tea ah - vi tah tuss
Etymology	Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. This specific epithet literally means decorated with a ribbon(vittata=decorated with a ribbon) and refers to the bands of colour on its body.
Species Information
Size	100mm (3.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	This fish, often labelled 'Candy Striped Peckoltia' has often been confused in hobby literature with the fish we now know as Panaque maccus, the clown pleco [For example, Baensch Atlas Vol. 1 has a picture of Panaque maccus with the label Peckoltia vittata next to it]. As with most Loricariids, colouration depends on mood.
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.
General Remarks	L15 was collected in Brazil in the Rio Xingú at Altamira.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazonas Basin, Middle and Lower Amazonas Basin. Amazon, Lower Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	5.6 - 7.0
Temperature	22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	dH range 2-20.
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	Has been bred in captivity. Follow details in Shane's World article.
Further Information
References	Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 43 115 [15] Pl. 2 (figs. 5-5a)
Registered Keepers	(1) MatsP, (2) plecoready, (3) Trident2004, (4) Tuti, (5) vriesea, who also notes: "L015 Bought 2 from Mainly Cichlids. No notice of spines, probably two females. One died within 2 months, hollow belly.", (6) stang1 (k: 2), (7) LoL, (8) henkhugo, (9) nettaigyo, (10) Teelie, who also notes: "Straggler found at PetCo with almost no belly to speak of. Brought back to health and now lives peacefully with some C. panda and C. trilineatus and some other peaceful fish.", (11) mzavori, (12) Owch, (13) Cooky_luvs, (14) Terrorblade90 (k: 2), who also notes: "A peaceful nocturnal fish, thath love hidden himself out woods and rocks", (15) prutsprogrammeur (k: 2), (16) Helmut, (17) Selveste_Preben (k: 3), (18) rosemarydawn, (19) wheel1, (20) simonas, (21) Zebadee (k: 3), (22) loloveto, (23) greg61, (24) LUISGOREY, (25) DrNo, (26) njfishguy (k: 7), who also notes: "bought a group of 8 on 3/1/08. Placed them into a 55gal with some dwarf cichlids. They are mostly 2.5" - 3" and just a bit too small to sex. Eating flakes, pellets and mysis shrimp.", (27) griffl, who also notes: "Nice Pleco but I wanted a more active cat so I got my second Pictus.", (28) Crel, (29) norfolkgarden, who also notes: "3 inches. bright white and dark black with large bands like in image 13. Hoping it wont fade to light and dark brown like the butterfly L168 did. (Update, still perfect colors 4 weeks later) ", (30) Waterboy, (31) danielvisciano, (32) Rafael_BR, (33) novice (k: 2), (34) BIGMINTON, (35) smsjazz81, (36) Wgm (k: 2), (37) Toad, (38) Raz, (39) jha61, (40) jemslie, (41) royaldragoness, (42) fleahound, (43) upc239, (44) ablank (k: 3), (45) omendey, (46) ofird, (47) h2opleco, (48) Janne Josefsson, (49) buller42 (k: 19), (50) nvcichlids, (51) cichlideakvarie.dk, (52) Syokoy, (53) Elisabeth Dahl (k: 10), (54) drpleco (k: 9), (55) doras, (56) yos.sho, (57) PlecoCrazy (k: 6), (58) Mike C, (59) oli (k: 2), (60) darkruse, (61) gr8plecos, (62) tinamoubird (p: 2), (63) Nazrat, who also notes: "Fish is laying out in the open and not moving much. No signs of eating. Dropped shrimp pellets nearby that were gone in the morning. Has not left a 6 inch area in a 55g tank.", (64) plecomanpat (p: 2, k: 3), (65) Sam (k: 2), (66) ChanggyChinggy, (67) chris521957, (68) DJ-don (k: 5), (69) crazycat lady, (70) Ecrevince (p: 2, k: 14), (71) arapaimag, who also notes: "Long lived fish. I only bought one so that I can accurately measure its life. It is in it's 32nd year in my care.", (72) Starfish42, (73) Skägget (p: 3), (74) john82 (k: 4), (75) xakkan, (76) Apostolis. 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) john82 (b: 9).
More Resources	- Shane's World Reproduction Breeding Peckoltia vittata - Search Planet Catfish for more on Peckoltia vittata - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Peckoltia vittata on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Peckoltia vittata on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
Hits	80062 hits.
Last Update	2008 Jun 12 11:13 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1882)

Common Name(s)

Candy Striped Pleco, Common Peckoltia, L015

Type Locality

Amazon R., Tajapouru, Xingu near Moz Port, R. Madeira

Synonym(s)

Chaetostomus vittatus

Pronunciation

peck OLE tea ah - vi tah tuss

Etymology

Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. This specific epithet literally means decorated with a ribbon(vittata=decorated with a ribbon) and refers to the bands of colour on its body.

Species Information

Size

100mm (3.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

This fish, often labelled 'Candy Striped Peckoltia' has often been confused in hobby literature with the fish we now know as Panaque maccus, the clown pleco [For example, Baensch Atlas Vol. 1 has a picture of Panaque maccus with the label Peckoltia vittata next to it]. As with most Loricariids, colouration depends on mood.

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.

General Remarks

L15 was collected in Brazil in the Rio Xingú at Altamira.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Amazonas Basin, Middle and Lower Amazonas Basin.
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

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

5.6 - 7.0

Temperature

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

Other Parameters

dH range 2-20.

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

Has been bred in captivity. Follow details in Shane's World article.

Further Information

References

Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 43 115 [15] Pl. 2 (figs. 5-5a)

Registered Keepers

(1) MatsP, (2) plecoready, (3) Trident2004, (4) Tuti, (5) vriesea, who also notes: "L015 Bought 2 from Mainly Cichlids. No notice of spines, probably two females. One died within 2 months, hollow belly.", (6) stang1 (k: 2), (7) LoL, (8) henkhugo, (9) nettaigyo, (10) Teelie, who also notes: "Straggler found at PetCo with almost no belly to speak of. Brought back to health and now lives peacefully with some C. panda and C. trilineatus and some other peaceful fish.", (11) mzavori, (12) Owch, (13) Cooky_luvs, (14) Terrorblade90 (k: 2), who also notes: "A peaceful nocturnal fish, thath love hidden himself out woods and rocks", (15) prutsprogrammeur (k: 2), (16) Helmut, (17) Selveste_Preben (k: 3), (18) rosemarydawn, (19) wheel1, (20) simonas, (21) Zebadee (k: 3), (22) loloveto, (23) greg61, (24) LUISGOREY, (25) DrNo, (26) njfishguy (k: 7), who also notes: "bought a group of 8 on 3/1/08. Placed them into a 55gal with some dwarf cichlids. They are mostly 2.5" - 3" and just a bit too small to sex. Eating flakes, pellets and mysis shrimp.", (27) griffl, who also notes: "Nice Pleco but I wanted a more active cat so I got my second Pictus.", (28) Crel, (29) norfolkgarden, who also notes: "3 inches. bright white and dark black with large bands like in image 13. Hoping it wont fade to light and dark brown like the butterfly L168 did. (Update, still perfect colors 4 weeks later) ", (30) Waterboy, (31) danielvisciano, (32) Rafael_BR, (33) novice (k: 2), (34) BIGMINTON, (35) smsjazz81, (36) Wgm (k: 2), (37) Toad, (38) Raz, (39) jha61, (40) jemslie, (41) royaldragoness, (42) fleahound, (43) upc239, (44) ablank (k: 3), (45) omendey, (46) ofird, (47) h2opleco, (48) Janne Josefsson, (49) buller42 (k: 19), (50) nvcichlids, (51) cichlideakvarie.dk, (52) Syokoy, (53) Elisabeth Dahl (k: 10), (54) drpleco (k: 9), (55) doras, (56) yos.sho, (57) PlecoCrazy (k: 6), (58) Mike C, (59) oli (k: 2), (60) darkruse, (61) gr8plecos, (62) tinamoubird (p: 2), (63) Nazrat, who also notes: "Fish is laying out in the open and not moving much. No signs of eating. Dropped shrimp pellets nearby that were gone in the morning. Has not left a 6 inch area in a 55g tank.", (64) plecomanpat (p: 2, k: 3), (65) Sam (k: 2), (66) ChanggyChinggy, (67) chris521957, (68) DJ-don (k: 5), (69) crazycat lady, (70) Ecrevince (p: 2, k: 14), (71) arapaimag, who also notes: "Long lived fish. I only bought one so that I can accurately measure its life. It is in it's 32nd year in my care.", (72) Starfish42, (73) Skägget (p: 3), (74) john82 (k: 4), (75) xakkan, (76) Apostolis.

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Breeding Reports

(1) john82 (b: 9).

More Resources

- Shane's World

Reproduction

Breeding Peckoltia vittata

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Peckoltia vittata
Link

- BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
Look up AquaticRepublic.com

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

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

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

Hits

80062 hits.

Last Update

2008 Jun 12 11:13 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00)

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