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Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps [2] is a species of armored catfish native to Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela where it is found in the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps shows all the characteristic features of its genus—a large dorsal fin with more than nine rays, prominent nasal flares and a prominent hump or crest ...
In P. gibbiceps, a crest exists over the back of the skull that was used to distinguish Glyptoperichthys species from Pterygoplichthys species.. Pterygoplichthys can be differentiated from most other loricariids due to their large dorsal fins with 9 or more (usually 10) dorsal fin rays, which gives them their common name "sailfin catfish". [7]
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus. Plecostomus, pleco, or plec is the common name of several species of freshwater loricariid catfish commonly sold as aquarium fish. These include: Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps; Hypostomus plecostomus; Hypostomus punctatus; Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus; Pterygoplichthys pardalis; Panaqolus maccus
14.2.9 Pterygoplichthys. 14.2.10 Rineloricaria. 14.2.11 Scobinancistrus. 14.3 Auchenipteridae. ... Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps [2] Pterygoplichthys pardalis [2 ...
Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus, also known as the Gold spot pleco or the Marbled sailfin pleco, is a species of armored catfish. It is endemic to Brazil, occurring in the Tocantins River basin. [2] It is often mistaken for Pterygoplichthys pardalis or Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps.
Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps (reclassified as Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps) - sailfin plec (L164) also known as leopard plec or spotted sailfin catfish Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sailfin catfish .
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Pterygoplichthyini is a tribe of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae.It includes two genera, Pterygoplichthys and the currently undescribed genus referred to as the Hemiancistrus annectens group, [1] This group was earlier misspelled as Pterygoplichthini. [1]