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Name

Scientific name

Peckoltia oligospila

Described by

Authority Günther, Year 1864, Bracketed

Family

Loricariidae

Common names

L006, Brown Dot Peckoltia

Photograph credits

All 3 credited

Summary

The brown dot peckoltia (Peckoltia oligospila), also known as L006, is a suckermouth catfish from the rios Tocantins and Capim in Brazil. O…

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

100mm, standard length

Aquarium size

Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm

Water

Water conditions

Temperature 24–30°C, pH 5.5–7.5

Hardness

2–15dGH

Conductivity

Not recorded

Behaviour

Temperament

Territorial

Social needs

Not recorded

Community suitability

Not for a community

Where it lives

Countries, regions, rivers and lakes

Brazil, Apeú, Capim, Guamá, Tocantins

Writing

Etymology

Peckoltia: named for German botanist and pharmacist Gustavo Peckolt who was born in Brazil, became a member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon, and pu…

Distribution

This species is known from the rios Tocantins and Capim in Tocantins and Pará states, Brazil including a number of their tributaries. Type locality is given as…

Habitat

Not written yet

Aquarium size

An aquarium with base dimensions of 120 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent should be the smallest considered.

Maintenance

Not difficult to maintain under the correct conditions; we strongly recommend keeping it in a tank designed to simulate a flowing stream with a substrate of va…

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Water conditions

Not written yet

Diet

Wild specimens are likely omnivorous but with a preference for aquatic invertebrates and suchlike. In the aquarium it does best when offered a varied diet comp…

Behaviour and compatibility

Relatively peaceful but territorial with conspecifics and similarly-shaped species.

Sexual dimorphism

Adult males possess a series of odontodes on the caudal peduncle and opercle. Sexually mature males are also more slender and less stocky than females, a diffe…

Reproduction

Cave-spawner with the male responsible for brood care.

Notes

This species can be distinguished from all congeners except some specimens of P. furcata by possessing only faint spots and saddles on the body. Peckoltichthys…

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