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| Scientific Name | Peckoltia sp. (L163) |
| Common Name(s) | L163, Big Spot Peckoltia |
| Pronunciation | peck OLE tea ah |
| Etymology | Named after Gustavo Peckolt, member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 110mm (4.3") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| General Remarks | The taxonomic placement of this species (indeed the group of species of which it is a member) is currently in something of a flux. While Ancistomus was recently erected to house these elongate species that demonstrate entirely different secondary sexual dimorphism and breeding behaviour from 'classic' Peckoltia, the problem exists in defining what 'classic' Peckoltia really means and indeed what it's relationship is with the other generic trash can that is Hemiancistrus. Until all this is resolved, these fish are conservatively placed in Peckoltia here although there is a strong, if poorly definsible, compulsion to put them in Hemiancistrus. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Rio Para Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Pará (click on these areas to find other species found there)  (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Suggested Tankmates | A medium sized pleco that can be combined with a very wide array of tankmates due to its unfussy nature. Perfectly safe with small fishes and shrimp or robust enough to withstand the attention of all but the largest cichlids. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Bengt F, (2) Andersonic (k: 2), (3) krzys (k: 2), (4) joviman, (5) foffo (k: 5), (6) Christine, who also notes: "Most active at night. Fine coulor, can turn almost orange when exicited.", (7) Rafael_BR, (8) L-ko (k: 6), (9) hossma, (10) oli (k: 2), (11) ChanggyChinggy, (12) janne dahle (k: 5), (13) adrisdad, (14) nerdoutlaw, (15) gforcefx, (16) GouldyUK, (17) Loricariidea1990. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Dec 07 02:58 (species record created: 2001 May 05 00:00) |
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