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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Peckoltia: Because of Gustavo Peckolt,member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Gustavo Peckolt (1861–1923) was a Brazilian-born German botanist and pharmacist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Upper Marañon River in northern Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
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Distinguished from all species of Hypostominae by having a coracoid with a serrated posterior margin of the posterior process, an opercle with a process extending ventrolaterally from the ventral margin, and branchiostegals one and two fused. Differs further by having the following characters: cheek plates evertible to less than 45° from the sagittal plane; fewer than ten (typically zero or six) enlarged cheek-plate odontodes; enlarged cheek-plate odontodes straight and no longer than 15 times length of odontodes on lateral body plates; large eyes (mean 24.0% of head length, range 21.7-27.6% HL); and by having uniformly gold-brown to bronze base color with golden sheen when alive (Ref. 88957).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lujan, N.K., J.W. Armbruster and B. Rengifo, 2011. A new basal Ancistrini genus and species from the Andes of northern Peru (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Copeia 2011(4):497-502. (Ref. 88957)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00726 - 0.03306), b=2.96 (2.79 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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