''Peckoltia ephippiata'' is a
species of
catfish in the family
Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to
South America, where it is known from the Leitão River, which is part of the
Madeira River drainage in the state of
Rôndonia in
Brazil. The species reaches 10.2 cm (4 inches) SL.
Its specific epithet, ''ephippiata'', derives from the
Latin word for "
saddle" and refers to the saddle-like patterns exhibited by the species.
It was described in 2015 by Jonathan W. Armbruster (of
Auburn University
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), David C. Werneke, and Milton Tan alongside two other "saddled" members of the genus ''
Peckoltia
''Peckoltia'' is a genus of small South American Loricariidae, armored suckermouth catfishes. Many of these fish are popular aquarium fish.
Taxonomy
''Peckoltia'' is a Basal (phylogenetics), basal genus within the tribe Ancistrini of the subfami ...
'': ''
P. greedoi'' and
''P. lujani''.
[Armbruster, J. W., Werneke, D. C., & Tan, M. (2015). Three new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, and a review of Hemiancistrus, Peckoltia, and allied genera (Siluriformes). ''ZooKeys'', (480), 97–123. ]
References
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Ancistrini
Suckermouth catfish of Brazil
Endemic fish of Brazil
Fish described in 2015