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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 Name:
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Flash Pleco, L204 |
Synonyms: |
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Family: |
Loricariidae |
Distribution: |
Peru: middle to upper
Rio Ucayali drainage |
Size: |
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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