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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…
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…
References
References
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