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Panaqolus
albivermis Lujan, Steele & Velasquez, 2013 |
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The juveniles of this species have
a very bold pattern of light stripes which form into spots and
stripes with age. The differences between the Panaqolus
and the Panaque genera is that the latter has an oval
shaped mouth and the jaws have very large spatulate teeth with
a single cusp, arranged in a v form and Panaqolus have
a small number of spatulate teeth and are also a smaller genus. Aquarium
care: Peaceful in the aquarium but not suitable for
planted tanks as they are plant eaters. Tank set-up should
contain wood of some description as the Panaques need this in
their diet. Plants will not work too well as they will be eaten
so plenty of wood scattered around the tank with a few caves for
spawning activities on a sand or small rounded gravel bed will
do just fine. Provide strong aeration due to the higher temperatures
involved. Diet: All Panaques and also
the Panaqolus genera are wood eaters so would need this
in an aquarium set-up. Feed also vegetable foods such as cucumber,
courgette (zucchini) and sinking tablets.
Sexing: Males have long interopercular spines
and their body is adorned with hair-like spines. Remarks:
Named to species bu Lujan et al, 2013. Abstract:
Panaqolus albivermis is described as a new species based
on four specimens from the San Alejandro River, a tributary of
the upper Ucayali River in central Peru. Panaqolus albivermis
is diagnosed from all other Panaqolus except P. maccus
by having head, body, and fins with widely separated small white
to yellow spots, vermiculations, and/or thin oblique bands on
a black base (vs. exclusively small white to yellow spots on a
black base in P. albomaculatus, generally broad oblique
bands of alternating light to dark brown in P. changae, P.
gnomus, P. purusiensis, and a uniformly dark gray to black
body color in P. dentex, P. koko, and P. nocturnus);
P. albivermis can be diagnosed from P. maccus
by having a black base color (vs. brown), by having parallel dentary
tooth cups (vs. acute intermandibular tooth cup angle), and by
having a larger known adult body size (95.8 mm SL vs. 84.8) |
Common
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Flash
Pleco, L204 |
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None |
Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
Distribution: |
Peru:
middle to upper Rio Ucayali drainage |
Size:
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14cm. (5½ins) |
Temp: |
25-29°c
(77-85°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.5. |
Reference: |
Seidel,
I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen,
Germany 208 p
ScotCat Factsheet no. 173. Nov. 2010.
Lujan, NK, S Steele & M Velasquez,
2013. A new distinctively banded species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes:
Loricariidae) from the western Amazon Basin in Peru. Zootaxa 3961:
192–198. |
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