Panaqolus orcesi

Provenzano-Rizzi, Barriga-Salazar & Stewart, 2024

Etymology

dedicated Gustavo Orcés (1903 - 1999)

Classification

Family

Subfamily

Tribe

Group

Genus

Subgenus / Species group

Panafilus

Synonyms

unknown

Length (total)

Origin

quebrada La Cascada

Region

Orellana

Countries

Ecuador

River system

río Tiputini → río Napo → Amazonas → Atlantic NE

GPS

[ -0.834,-75.566 ]

Panaqolus - overview of habitats

Water values South America

Nutrition

Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater

Eats plants

not known

Type of keeping

Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.

Sex difference

from genus: males: slim waist, strong odontodes

To distinguish the sexes

Caves

from genus: Standard

Bred

unknown

Panaqolus - overview of fins

Information for export

not known

Internet sources

Provenzano-Rizzi, F.; Barriga-Salazar, R. & Stewart, D.J., 2024 "Two new species of the armored catfish genus Panaqolus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Ecuadorian Amazon" (abstract) (Zootaxa, Vol. 5463 No. 1, P. 112)

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27.09.2025

Panaqolus orcesi

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