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Cat-eLog Right Arrow Loricariidae Right Arrow Peckoltia

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Scientific Name Peckoltia compta  Oliveria, Zuanon, Py-Daniel & Rocha, 2010
Common Name(s) L134, Leopard Frog Pleco
Type Locality Brazil, Pará, Itaituba, Pimental, rio Tapajós downstream from the confluence with rio Jamanxim, 04°41'06''S 056°23'07''W.
Pronunciation peck OLE tea ah - com tah
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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Size 110mm (4.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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 The specimens collected in the species description where from two localities: in rio Tapajós, near the village of Pimental, downstream from the confluence with rio Jamanxim, and in rio Jamanxim around ilha da Terra Preta. Aquarium collectors primarily work in the are around Pimental.
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Jamanxim (click on these areas to find other species found there)
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pH 6.0 - 7.4
Temperature 24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters The species description notes the Tapajós and Jamanxim are clear water rivers and the specimens were collected in moderate to fast flowing waters, over a rocky bottom.
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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.
Suggested Tankmates A medium sized pleco that can be combined with most tankmates that share a similar preference for warm and softer acidic water. An ideal pleco for a Tapajós set-up but can be combined with most small or medium sized fishes. Everything from small characins to larger eartheaters will do well.
Breeding Cave spawner.
Jump to next section Further Information
References Zootaxa 2534: 48–56 (2010)
Registered Keepers (1) Yann (k: 3), who also notes: "My first Peckoltia species. Breeding had taken place in soft water", (2) fischling, (3) Ak Viking, (4) Cory-Diddi, (5) f3mg (k: 4), (6) gimmeplec5 (k: 4), (7) Bengt F (k: 5), (8) Borbi (k: 4), (9) Barbie, (10) plecoready, (11) spencerdeluxe, (12) chris 1 (k: 4), (13) ThorG, (14) husky_jim (k: 6), (15) Oliver D. (k: 6), (16) amergim, (17) alga (k: 23), (18) alenate (k: 4), who also notes: "Breeding group", (19) Kingkat, (20) Tuti, (21) mikelouth (p: 4), (22) stang1 (k: 5), (23) joern (k: 4), (24) pureplecs (k: 9), (25) FishGeek, (26) LoL, (27) FreshwaterJeff, who also notes: "One adult male kept, lost due to CO2 malfunction. This species remains my favorite pleco.", (28) The-Wolf (p: 2), (29) jombi21, (30) apistomaster (k: 395), who also notes: "One of my top three favorite species of small Plecos. Hard to beat their colors.", (31) Kenneth Wong, (32) _BaDgUy_ (k: 3), (33) Daragh (k: 2), (34) Respect, (35) Jools (k: 5), who also notes: "Picked up 5 smaller fish all about 1" SL.", (36) spikeyface, (37) gupebreedr (k: 4), who also notes: "Received 4 sub-adults Amazon Jungle Pets in Miami", (38) Freakdaddy (k: 6), (39) AngJo, (40) Högö (k: 4), (41) HBC, (42) prutsprogrammeur (k: 7), (43) ulster exile, (44) Bristle nose, (45) YSR50 (k: 60), 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.", (46) Poshpleco, (47) Vierrollenfreak (k: 14), (48) Luka (k: 6), (49) Dave_C (k: 9), (50) Walter, (51) kagal, (52) soltarii007, (53) Catfish66 (k: 2), 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.", (54) wasabi, (55) kwakermad (k: 6), (56) trini_100, (57) Kay1986, (58) glenny, (59) ninetysixmustang (p: 7), (60) andyj (k: 6), (61) drgold (k: 7), (62) zhallam, (63) valkat, (64) jburke11 (k: 5), (65) jippo, (66) njfishguy (k: 9), 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.", (67) Matien (k: 7), (68) LUISGOREY (p: 2), (69) CoryLoachFreak, (70) meum, (71) firlefanz, (72) TheWetArm, (73) Cristoffer Forssander, (74) knusperfunk (k: 2), (75) lewishan, (76) Ronin 2, (77) defi (k: 6), (78) L-ko (k: 26), (79) ACMEexp, (80) ashik (k: 5), (81) briggadane, (82) calsonic, (83) ronsterrc, (84) karlwu (p: 2), (85) Numbers, (86) cwhite67, (87) Tommi, (88) DaveW (k: 3), (89) Lubbe, (90) addictedtocats, (91) CCA001, (92) JeffrD, (93) plec0 (k: 10), (94) ben757, (95) joviman, (96) nashnut (k: 4), (97) djwalker124, who also notes: "Omnivorous with a tendency towards meaty foods. Not an effective algae eater. pH 6.0 - 7.4", (98) Pungen (k: 25), (99) a2fishguy (k: 3), (100) cich_cat, (101) jgvenn (k: 2), (102) Shaun (k: 5), who also notes: "German Bred.", (103) hookedonfish, (104) buddi (p: 2), (105) Proteus, (106) ianz (p: 2), (107) psionic001 (k: 7), (108) Aquariumfun (k: 18), (109) PlecoCrazy (k: 10), (110) johanx, (111) bcb, (112) kamas88 (k: 4), (113) Birger Amundsen, (114) Juand15 (p: 2), (115) GW_NL (k: 4), (116) Firestorming (k: 6), (117) Handels, (118) panaque (k: 43), (119) doodle, (120) gotya, (121) Per (k: 5), (122) smithrc, (123) evesonevo (k: 3), (124) Melchior (p: 2, k: 4), (125) José Maria, (126) Toad, (127) Seaokoy (k: 3), (128) matti2uude (k: 7), (129) saltcop, (130) L127 (k: 4), (131) jha61, (132) robt18, (133) dougy (k: 6), (134) jac (k: 10), who also notes: "Wildcaught.", (135) royaldragoness, (136) fusco (k: 5), (137) PepperedGary, (138) theonetruepath (k: 5), 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).", (139) upc239 (p: 2, k: 3), who also notes: "Received 3 1.5 inch plecos yesterday. Very active, not too shy. More whitish than yellowish", (140) ablank (k: 6), (141) ofird (p: 2), who also notes: "Finally - 170 NIS", (142) wilpleco, (143) nomuken, (144) h2opleco, (145) Sutrisno (p: 2), (146) tf_fish (k: 9), (147) nowhereman (k: 2), (148) dconnors (k: 57), (149) Janne Josefsson, (150) godfreyhales (k: 6), (151) tinycichlid1 (k: 5), (152) Greg Curtis, (153) Raptor (k: 2), (154) TwoTankAmin (k: 11), who also notes: "11 F0 fish via Jeff Rapp. Not sure of sexes and trying to spawn them with no luck.", (155) ouscazz, (156) Billybob (p: 2), (157) FrankW (k: 6), (158) dave air, (159) donishi, (160) jbmm (p: 2, k: 4), who also notes: "bought at Hannover convention from Volker", "aquabeek", (161) KnaveTO (k: 2), (162) cichlideakvarie.dk, (163) oli (k: 2), (164) leej24 (p: 2, k: 5), (165) djtonyel (k: 4), (166) claro, (167) TomK (k: 5), (168) judeblackburn, (169) oxdeleon, (170) Raz, (171) gazza87023, (172) MarkN, (173) Elisabeth Dahl (k: 17), (174) vega77, (175) drpleco (k: 17), (176) d3n2 (p: 2, k: 3), (177) 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.", (178) janne dahle (k: 39), (179) Rita A, (180) satony, (181) Rita Aspevik (k: 33), (182) rzlaprime, (183) HenkeP, (184) lnumbers63 (k: 3), (185) playcos (k: 10), (186) bottomfeeders (k: 16), (187) keen-eyed (k: 5), (188) bronzefry, (189) nkm68, (190) Tallblue, (191) duequattro, (192) DutchPlecoFreak, (193) Neri2495, (194) ichtyophile (k: 2), (195) robert521 (k: 4), who also notes: "Uncle Neds.Maybe 2m/2f", (196) Daniel_yeo, (197) Tony, (198) scat35 (p: 2), (199) Substral (k: 6), who also notes: "So far they do not show interest in breeding.. Most of them are under 2 years old.", (200) musilvr4eva, (201) stensson (k: 5), (202) Jatze (k: 5), (203) freakkmeister, (204) rhibear (k: 3), (205) ChanggyChinggy (k: 3), (206) Lihn (k: 15), (207) genuinex (k: 2), (208) tinamoubird, (209) bcmitchell, (210) cjhoogma (k: 3), (211) Norman (p: 2, k: 8), (212) huffmagx (k: 11), (213) groeneen (p: 2, k: 8), (214) tspaceace68, (215) Hansen (k: 4), (216) Melander (k: 6), (217) tony57 (k: 3), (218) KiwiBigD, (219) Donald (k: 5), (220) phypes (k: 6), (221) 2wheelsx2 (p: 5, k: 24), who also notes: "Held by Davej until Dec. 11. From Canadapleco (Rich). Lost one to bloat. :( Jan. 2, 2011. Lost 2 more to bacterial infection last week. Jan. 4, 2011. All lost to infection.", "In 20 gallon quarantine. One female known to have bred already.", "Moved to 46 bow for growing out and eventually breeding.", "Month old F1's.", "4 from a friend to grow out, and 4 from a successful breeding effort in my cube tank. Managed to catch 2 more fry.", (222) rayfong (k: 2), (223) ridout, (224) MarcW (k: 4), (225) plecomanpat, (226) BooUrns! (k: 11), (227) jeroensten, (228) zebra1 (k: 8), (229) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (230) VonKarppis, (231) Lars Jamne (k: 8), (232) Darren Balch (k: 3), (233) pleco maniac (p: 3), (234) Nabobmob1 (k: 4), (235) Onatopa, (236) Mark Roesner, (237) kouen, (238) stumac (k: 3), (239) dt23, (240) jvision (k: 4), (241) CATMAndrew (k: 2), (242) Black_flys (k: 6), (243) FFTRIP (p: 3), (244) biotope69 (k: 5), (245) brechtvh, (246) chez, (247) Neo (p: 3, k: 2), (248) Andypex (k: 17), who also notes: "20% water changes every 2 days. Fish being kept here untill further breeding tanks set up.", (249) jp11biod, (250) Dan101, (251) Matt30 (k: 7), (252) Rainbow (k: 6), (253) Zulan, (254) tutters187 (k: 5), (255) Rabbit (k: 10), (256) CATMANdrew (k: 2), (257) elcucuu, (258) arapaimag (k: 2), (259) denwave (k: 2), (260) Andynotts, (261) Yakov_krepak, (262) Shawnc, (263) tagamasid1023 (p: 2, k: 2), who also notes: "Very reclusive and territorial.", (264) milosz (k: 4), (265) adcc (k: 6), (266) freshfishing, (267) tiffanyjayne, (268) Catfish freak, (269) dav (k: 5), (270) marsbar, (271) mikebren12 (k: 9), who also notes: "+1 added from Dan Brookes 13/10", (272) Zebra46 (k: 13), (273) rebnik (p: 2), (274) gforcefx, (275) nessaja, (276) balken89 (p: 2), (277) Amazoniensis, (278) MIX02U, (279) brizmale28, (280) crusnik, (281) shooter50014 (k: 10), (282) seliel (k: 17), (283) pleco_breeder (k: 9), (284) mdwflyer, (285) rosswell, (286) Mazzi, (287) eyal8a (k: 4), (288) tonyp5467, (289) Hugostaff, (290) Plecmadmike (p: 2, k: 9), (291) yogi88, (292) jay_leask (k: 4), (293) gosephe (k: 11), (294) jlim (k: 6), (295) Pny, (296) aalund (k: 12), (297) Tapajos (p: 2), (298) Loricariidea1990, (299) pereli, (300) sem87, (301) PNTaquatics (k: 9), (302) Bubbles2112 (k: 3), (303) backstreetgambler (k: 3), (304) kawa85 (k: 4), (305) nissop (k: 3), who also notes: "Fish are strong, active, eat tablets meat, and frozen foods", (306) Id16, (307) Jaz (k: 10), (308) Jaycal, (309) Travis Webb, (310) DaN98, (311) TonyHoros (k: 6), (312) merit, (313) KisA (k: 6), who also notes: "F1 juveniles", (314) Hugo Martins, (315) timipi (k: 2), (316) STC (k: 6), (317) janohansen, (318) Wijnbelevenis (p: 2), (319) Bantarioo, (320) rodney, (321) krazyGeoff (k: 8), (322) Zakk Wylde (k: 6), (323) DJ-don, (324) magdalo (p: 2, k: 2), (325) biker-1975, (326) jeff.l, (327) pleco rob, (328) davej (k: 112), who also notes: "Started with 12 wild caught", (329) steph en jess, (330) rizla75, (331) papaharzi (k: 36), (332) Krissy, (333) uaru (k: 7), (334) ChrisScholes260, (335) Simon86 (k: 23), (336) roycarballo (k: 2), (337) chickadee, (338) Eric Bodrock (k: 54), (339) Stuey, (340) Bjørn, (341) Alexandermaule, (342) raider, (343) dav3tip.

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Breeding Reports (1) Cristoffer Forssander (b: 11), (2) Jaz (b: 9), (3) panaque (b: 8).
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