Peckoltia cavatica
Armbruster & Werneke, 2005
von cave = Höhle - in Höhlen geboren bzw. lebend
Synonyms
Dusky Worm Line Peckoltia
Length (total)
approx. 13 cm
Standard length (documented)
71.8 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
6.5 - 7.5
Substrate
rocks
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: Odontodes on the back body, caudal peduncle and caudal upper rays
from genus: Standard
unknown
 
present
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: orange 
II / 7 rays
fin edging: orange 
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
I / 4 rays
14 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
little longer at the bottom than at the top
fin edging: orange 
II / 7 rays
fin edging: orange 
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
Synonym of Peckoltia braueri?
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
28/October/2021
- Seidel, Ingo: "Über die Revision der Gattung Peckoltia durch Jonathan W. Armbruster"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2008)
- Armbruster, J.W. & Werneke, D.C., 2005 "Peckoltia cavatica, a new loricariid catfish from Guyana and a redescription of P. braueri (Eigenmann 1912) (Siluriformes)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 882, P. 1)
- Armbruster, A.W., 2008 "The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1822)
- de Oliveira, R.R.; Zuanon, J.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L. & Rocha, M.S., 2010 "Peckoltia compta, a new species of catfish from the Brazilian Amazon, rio Tapajós basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 2534, P. 55)
- Fisch-Muller, S.; Montoya-Burgos, J.I.; Le Bail, P.Y. & Covain, R., 2012 "Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular appraisal with descriptions of new species" (Cybium, Vol. 36 No. 1, P. 189)
- de Oliveira, R.R.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.; Zuanon, J. & Rocha, M.S., 2012 "A New Species of the Ornamental Catfish Genus Peckoltia (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Rio Xingu Basin, Brazilian Amazon" (Copeia, Vol. 2012 No. 3, P. 548)
- Armbruster, J.W. & Lujan, N.K., 2016 "A new species of Peckoltia from the Upper Orinoco (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 569, P. 117)
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