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Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Peckoltia: Because of Gustavo Peckolt,member of the Natural History Commission of Rondon (Ref. 45335); wernekei: Named for David C. Werneke; a patronym (Ref. 111081).
Eponymy: Gustavo Peckolt (1861–1923) was a Brazilian-born German botanist and pharmacist. [...] David C Werneke is an American biologist and ichthyologist who is a long-serving Fish Collections Manager at the Auburn University Museum, Alabama, where he was awarded a bachelor’s degree (2000) and a Graduare Research fellowship (2001–2002). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111081)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Armbruster, J. and N.K. Lujan, 2016. A new species of Peckoltia from the upper Orinoco (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). ZooKeys 569:105-121. (Ref. 111081)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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