Peckoltia compta

Peckoltia compta is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tapajós basin in Brazil. The species reaches 6.2 cm (2.4 inches) SL. It was described in 2010 by Renildo Ribeiro de Oliveira and Jansen Zuanon (of the National Institute of Amazonian Research), Lúcia Rapp Py-Daniel, and Marcelo Salles Rocha (of Amazonas State University) primarily on the basis of coloration and patterning.[1] Its specific epithet, compta, is stated to be derived from the Latin word for "adorned" or "ornamented", referring to the species' distinctive color pattern.[2]

A specimen of P. compta.

Peckoltia compta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Peckoltia
Species:
P. compta
Binomial name
Peckoltia compta
de Oliveira, Zuanon, Rapp Py-Daniel & Rocha, 2010

P. compta appears in the aquarium trade, where it is referred to either as the leopard frog pleco or by its associated L-number, which is L-134.[3]

References
  1. de Oliveira, Renildo & Zuanon, Jansen & Rapp Py-Daniel, Lúcia & Rocha, Marcelo. (2010). Peckoltia compta, A New Species Of Catfish From The Brazilian Amazon, Rio Tapajós Basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa. 2534. 48-56. 10.5281/zenodo.196599.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Peckoltia compta". FishBase.
  3. "Peckoltia compta • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.


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