Panaque armbrusteri

Panaque armbrusteri [1] is a recently described species from the South American armoured catfish family Loricariidae. They are distributed throughout the Tapajós river, a large tributary of the Amazon River, with similar populations found in the Xingu,[2] Araguaia,[3] Tocantins [4] and Aripuanã rivers;[5] although it is uncertain whether these populations comprise the same or different species.[1] It is a fairly popular aquarium fish amongst other pleco species, and is one of the species commonly referred to as a royal pleco.

Panaque armbrusteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypostominae
Tribe: Ancistrini
Genus: Panaque
Species:
P. armbrusteri
Binomial name
Panaque armbrusteri
Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010

References
  1. Lujan, Nathan K.; Hidalgo, Max; Stewart, Donald J. (2010). "Revision of Panaque (Panaque), with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)". Copeia. 2010 (4): 676–704. doi:10.1643/CI-09-185.
  2. Camargo, Mauricio; Gimênes Junior, Heriberto; Melo de Souza, Leandro; Rapp Py-Daniel, Lucia (2013). Loricariids of the Middle Rio Xingu (2nd ed.). Hannover, Germany: Panta Rhei GmbH. pp. 211–214. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. Nonogaki, Hirofumi; Nelson, Jay A.; Patterson, William P. (2007). "Dietary histories of herbivorous loricariid catfishes: evidence from δ13C values of otoliths". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 78 (1): 13–21. doi:10.1007/s10641-006-9074-8.
  4. Schraml, Erwin; Schäfer, Frank (2004). Loricariidae: all L-numbers. Germany: Aqualog. pp. 6, 48. ISBN 978-3-936027-51-8. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "Collecting trip to the Rio Aripuana, Rio Madeira basin, Amazonas, Brazil". Planet Catfish. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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