Panaqolus nocturnus
Schaefer & Stewart, 1993
night, bnocturnus (lat.) - ecause the dark coloration of dorsal fin and paired fins
Synonyms
Dusky panaque
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 18 cm
Standard length (documented)
144.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
24 - 28 °C
Nutrition (mostly): wood-eater
Eats plants
yes
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males: slim waist, strong odontodes
from genus: Standard
unknown
present
not known
- Tanke, Andreas: "Ein erster Überblick über eine beliebte Harnischwelsgattung"
(DATZ 7/2013 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Konn-Vetterlein, Daniel: "Zwei wenig bekannte Harnischwelse: Parancistrus sp. L332 und Panaqolus sp. L351"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Dezember 2017 / Januar 2018)
- Schaefer, Scott A. & Stewart, Donald J., 1993 "Systematics of the Panaque dentex species group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), wood-eating armored catfishes from tropical South America" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol 4 No. 4, P. 330)
- German, D.P., 2009 "Inside the guts of wood-eating catWshes: can they digest wood?"
- Cramer & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015 "A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Madeira basin with remarkable intraspecific color variation" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 3, P. 469)
- Tan, M.; Souza, L.S. de & Armbruster, J.W., 2016 "A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Branco" (Neotropical Ichthyology)
- Cramer, C.A. & de Sousa, L.M., 2016 "A New Species of Tiger Pleco Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil" (PLOS one, P. 16)
- Lujan, N.K.; Cramer, C.A.; Covain, R., Fisch-Muller, S. & López-Fernández, H, 2017 "Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the ornamental wood-eating catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals undescribed diversity and parapatric clades" (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 109, P. 333)
- Mccauley, M.; German, D.P.; Lujan, N.K. & Jackson, C.R., 2020 "Gut microbiomes of sympatric Amazonian wood‐eating catfishes (Loricariidae) reflect host identity and little role in wood digestion" (Ecology & Evolution)
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for the pictures
Donald Taphorn
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