Panaqolus albomaculatus

Kanazawa, 1958
Panaqolus albomaculatus
albo - white, maculatus - spot
 
Family
Loricariidae
 
Subfamily
Hypostominae
 
Tribe
Ancistrini
 
Group
Panaque
 
Genus
Panaqolus
 
Subgenus / Species group
Panafilus
Synonyms
im Handel auch als: LDA 31
Mustard Spot Pleco
Orange spot pleco
Panaque albomaculatus
Weißpunkt-Zwergschilderwels
White spot pleco
IUCN Red List:
least concern
Length (total)
approx.  14 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
río Pucuno, ➀ río Marañón, ➀ río Aguaytía, río Pastaza

Orellana, Ucayali, Loreto

Ecuador, Colombia, Peru

río Sono ➙ río Napo | río Ucayali | río Marañón ] Amazonas ➙ Atlantic NE

˜[ -0.811,-77.320 ]
Map to Panaqolus albomaculatus
Type of water
Clear water
 
Panaqolus - overview of habitats
Water values South America
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Type of keeping
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: slim waist, strong odontodes
 
To distinguish the sexes
Caves
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
 
 
 
Panaqolus - overview of fins
Similar catfishes
Panaqolus cf. albomaculatus "LDA 31"
Panaqolus nix (L 395)
Panaqolus cf. albomaculatus "L 426"
Panaqolus sp. "Cruzeiro"
Sympatric with
Panaqolus sp. "L 515"
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
04/July/2017
 
Panaqolus - on last evaluated german stock lists
  • Kanazawa, R.H., 1958 "A new species of catfish, family Loricariidae, from Ecuador" (Copeia) P. 327
  • I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2"  edition: 1 (2005) P.736
  • Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse"  edition: 1 (2008) P.146 / 147
Pic. 2: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 3: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 4: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 5: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 6: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 7: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 8: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 9: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Pic. 10: Panaqolus albomaculatus
Many thanks to
for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
Dirk Mederer
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Please help with your pictures and information to complete the database: database(at)welsfans.de
Link: https://www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art=1125
1125