Panaque schaeferi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Tribe: | Ancistrini |
| Genus: | Panaque |
| Species: | P. schaeferi
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| Binomial name | |
| Panaque schaeferi | |
Panaque schaeferi[1] is a freshwater species of fish from the South American armoured catfish family Loricariidae. Panaque schaeferi is widely distributed throughout the upper Amazon (Solimões River) in Peruvian and Ecuadorian rivers, and it has been observed as far down as Santarém, Brazil.[1] Growing to at least 60 cm (23.6 inches) SL, it is one of the largest, and likely one of the heaviest species of Loricariid.[1] It has been known in the aquarium trade since at least 1996[2] under various names such as 'Titanic pleco' and 'Volkswagen pleco' (due to its resemblance to the VW Beetle car),[3] in addition to L203 and LDA065[2][3] under the L-number code. Juveniles are often confused with Panaque bathyphilus and erroneously called L090c.[3]
The fish is named in honor of Scott A. Schaefer of the American Museum of Natural History. Additionally, he is the ichthyological editor of Copeia for his many contributions to ichthyology in general, and in particular to the understanding of the Loricarioidea.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Lujan, Nathan. K.; Hidalgo, Max; Stewart, Donald. J. (2010). "Revision of Panaque (Panaque), with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)". Copeia. 2010 (4): 676–704. doi:10.1643/CI-09-185. S2CID 85959658. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ a b "DATZ magazine - New imports: Loricariids from Peru" (PDF).
- ^ a b c Schraml, Erwin; Schäfer, Frank (2004). Loricariidae: all L-numbers. Germany: Aqualog. pp. 17, 153–154. ISBN 3-936027-51-X. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies HYPOSTOMINAE, RHINELEPINAE and DELTURINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 November 2021.