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

Ventuari River The Ventuari River is the largest tributary of the Orinoco in southern Venezuela. The Ventuari flows from south-central Venezuela in the Guiana Highlands southwest into the Orinoco River. It is long and its major tributary is the Manapiare River. ...

, which is a tributary of the

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...

in the state of Amazonas in Venezuela. The species reaches at least 10.46 cm (4.1 inches) SL. It was described in 2016 by Jonathan W. Armbruster (of

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) and Nathan K. Lujan based on morphological and genetic differences between it and other members of ''

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 ...

'', including '' P. vittata'', which it was formerly considered to be conspecific with. Its specific epithet, ''wernekei'', honors David C. Werneke, Collection Manager of Fishes at Auburn University.

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does not list this species. ''P. wernekei'' occasionally appears in the aquarium trade, where it is referred to either as the orange tiger pleco or by one of two associated L-numbers, which are L-243 and LDA-086.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q23056534 Ancistrini Fish described in 2016