Panaque
changae Chockley & Armbruster, 2002 |
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| Allan
James (2) Yann Fulliquet
(1) Johnny
Jensen's Photographic Library
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| Relevant
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Dorsal spines (total):
2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 7. Presence of dark bars on the trunk
(6-12) and bands on the fins alternating with light interspaces;
posterodorsal to anteroventral orientation of bars on the trunk;
ratio of pectoral spine length to pelvic-dorsal distance 111-149%;
ratio of pelvic spine length to pelvic dorsal distance 102-132%;
1-2 dark bands on its adipose fins; light interspaces as wide or
wider than the dark bars and bands. There is an actual school of
thought, mainly in Germany, that the smaller Panaques are actually
Panaqolus and the larger species are Panaque,
thus this species would then be Panaqolus channgae. The
differences are that Panaque have 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. Diet: All Panaque
(Panaqolus) are wood eaters so would need this in an aquarium
set-up. Feed also vegetable foods such as cucumber and courgette
(zucchini) and sinking tablets. Sexual differences:
Males posses a broad head and odontodes on the posterior part of
the body, behind the gill covers and on the pectoral spines. The
latter two are a lot shorter in the females. |
| Common
Name: |
L226,
Iquitos Tiger Pleco |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Peru
: Río Itaya, río Amazonas drainage, 11 km south-southwest
of center of Iquitos at bearing 39°, 3°49'47.6"S,
73°18'2.9"W, Loreto |
| Size:
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12cm. (4¾ins) |
| Temp: |
25-28°c
(77-83°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.0 -7.0. |
| Reference: |
Seidel, Ingo;
Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes 208 p
Chockley, B.R. and J.W. Armbruster 2002
Panaque changae, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
from eastern Peru. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):81-90. |
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Family: Loricariidae
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