Striped socks catfish
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Striped catfish ( Panaqolus albivermis ) |
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The ringlet catfish ( Panaqolus albivermis ) is a species of fish from the family of the armor catfish (Loricariidae) and has the L-number L-204. It occurs mainly in the Rio San Alejandro and Río Ucayali in eastern Peru and lives there between accumulations of sunken wood. The species was only scientifically described in 2013, but has been known in aquaristics in German-speaking countries since 1996 at the latest. The specific epithet albivermis ('Albi' (lat. White) and 'vermis' (lat. Worm)), like the trivial name, indicates the striking pattern.
features
Panaqolus albivermis grows up to six inches long. The body and fins are black and have clear yellow-white stripes. With this drawing the species can be distinguished from all other Panaqolus species. Only Panaqolus maccus is quite similar but more brownish than blackish.
The upper and lower caudal fin are greatly elongated. The bristle-like odontodes of adult males are the only reliable feature for determining sex, besides the differences in the genital papillae that are only apparent to experts .
Way of life
Like many other Panaqolus species, Panaqolus albivermis is a wood eater. The fish is a cave breeder . The water temperature in the aquarium should be between 25 and 30 degrees. According to reports, pH values between 6.5 and 8.4 were found at the sites. Such high pH levels are extremely unusual for these areas.
swell
- Nathan K. Lujan, Sarah Steele & Miquel Velasquez: A new distinctively banded species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the western Amazon Basin in Peru. In: Zootaxa . 3691 (1), 2013, doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.3691.1.8 , pp. 192-198.
- Hans-Georg Evers and Ingo Seidel: Wels Atlas. Volume 2, Mergus Verlag, Melle 2005, ISBN 3882440678 , p. 154 ff.