''Peckoltia lujani'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the

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and Meta River basins in Venezuela and

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. The species reaches 7.5 cm (3 inches) SL. ''P. lujani'' was described in 2015 by Jonathan W. Armbruster (of

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), David C. Werneke, and Milton Tan alongside two other species in 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. ephippiata''. Its specific epithet honors Nathan K. Lujan, a former graduate student of Armbruster. ''P. lujani'' is sometimes seen in the aquarium trade, where it is often referred to either as Lujan's pleco or by one of two associated

L-number The L-number system is a semi-scientific classification system of catfish based on photographs of shipments of tropical catfish of the family Loricariidae published by the German aquarium magazine DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (The ...

s, which are L-127 and L-207. The species was known in the trade for quite some time prior to its official description, hence the presence of L-numbers associated with it.

References

Ancistrini Fish described in 2015 Fish of Venezuela Fish of Colombia {{Hypostominae-stub