Peckoltia capitulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Peckoltia |
| Species: | P. capitulata
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| Peckoltia capitulata | |
Peckoltia capitulata[2] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Approuague River in French Guiana. It was initially collected from an area of the river with a swift, strong current that was noted to be unusually turbid at the time of collection due to illegal gold mining in the area. The species reaches 7.6 cm (3 inches) SL. Its specific epithet, capitulata, is derived from Latin and reportedly refers to the characteristically small head of the species.[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fisch-Muller, Sonia; Montoya-Burgos, Juan I.; Le Bail, Pierre-Yves; Covain, Raphaël (2012). "Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular appraisal with descriptions of new species". Cybium. 36 (1): 163–193. doi:10.26028/cybium/2012-361-011.
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Peckoltia capitulata". FishBase.
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