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Peckoltichthys bachi (Boulenger, 1898)

Image contributors to this species:

Peru Aquarium Group (1) Robin Warne (1) Adrian Taylor (1) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) Jorge Garcia (1) Haakon Haagensen (1)

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This species and three others had been placed in a new genus, Sophiancistrus Rapp Py-Daniel, 1989. This may change in the future as Seidel (2008) states that the name Peckoltichthys could take precedence (see Remarks below). This species is quite plainly coloured which has an unusually long head with the eyes positioned wide apart. Was first thought to be Peckoltia ucayalensis (Fowler, 1940) which has now been proven as a synonym to P. bachi. Aquarium Care: No problems but wood should be provided in the aquarium. A light current and warm water that is clean. Diet: Omnivores, easy to feed with frozen and live foods and also tablet and flake food. Etymology: The genus name Peckoltichthys: Named for Snr. Gustavo Peckolt of the Natural History Commission of Rondon. The specific name bachi: In honour of José Bach, a physician working on the Rio Juruá of Brazil in the late 1800s, who collected holotype. Remarks: This species has now been resurrected as Peckoltichthys as monotypic, and as of the latest paper by Armbruster et al. (2015). Can still be found on some online searches by its synonym of Peckoltia bachi.

Common Name:

L146, L232, LDA30, Bola Pleco

Synonyms:

Chaetostomus bachi, Peckoltia bachi, Hemiancistrus arenarius, Hemiancistrus ucayalensis, Peckoltia arenaria, Peckoltia ucayalensis, Peckoltichthys filicaudatus, Sophiancistrus ucayalensis.

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper Amazon River and its tributaries: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Type locality: Rio Jurua, an affluent of the Amazons, Brazil.

Size:

14.0cm. (5½ins)

Temp:

25-29°c (77-85°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Armbruster, Jonathan W., David C. Werneke & Milton Tan. 2015 Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes). ZooKeys 480: 97-123.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Seidel, I. 2008. Back to Nature guide to L-catfishes, Ettlingen, Germany 208 p.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Peckoltichthys bachi

Peckoltichthys bachi

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