Peckoltia oligospila (L 6)
Günther, 1864
Synonyms
Chaetostomus oligospilus
Brown Dot Peckoltia
Cascudo Leopardo
Peckoltia sp. "L 6"
Punktierter Zwergschilderwels
Brown Dot Peckoltia
Cascudo Leopardo
Peckoltia sp. "L 6"
Punktierter Zwergschilderwels
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 29 °C
pH
5.5 - 7.5
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
5 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
straight
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, pointed
I / 7 rays
straight
6 soft rays
On the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
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- I. Seidel / H.-G. Evers "Welsatlas 2" edition: 1 (2005) P.638
- Seidel, Ingo "Back to Nature - Handbuch für L-Welse" edition: 1 (2008) P.162
- A. Werner / W. Lechner / Dr. J. Schmidt "Miniatlas L-Welse" edition: 1 (2005) P.11
- Seidel, Ingo: "Über die Revision der Gattung Peckoltia durch Jonathan W. Armbruster"
(Amazonas September/Oktober 2008)
- Günther, Dr. Albert, 1864 "Siluridae" (Catalogue of the Physostomi in the Collection of the British Museum, P. 244)
- Regan, C. Tate, 1904 "A monograph of the Fishes of the Family Loricariidae" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17/1903-06, Vol. 17, P. 232)
- Isbrücker, I.J.H., 1980 "Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (Verslagen en technische Gegevens. Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie, No. 22, P. 56)
- Stawikowski, Rainer, 1988 "Harnischwelse aus südlichen Amazonasnebenflüssen" (DATZ, 12)
- 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. 12)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 284)
- 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)
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- Armbruster, J.W.; Werneke, D.C. & Tan, M., 2015 "Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes)" (ZooKeys, Vol. 480, P. 99)
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- Neves, M.S.; Couto, M.V.S.; Sousa, N.C.; Santos, R.F.B.; Dias, H.M.; Abe, H.A.; Dias, J.A.R.; Cunha, F.S.; Tavares Diaas, M. & Fujimoto R.Y., 2018 "Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia" (Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Vol. 70 No. 1, P. 13)
- PCF
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Ingo Seidel
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