Panaqolus orcesi

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Panaqolus orcesi Provenzano, Barriga-Salazar & Stewart, 2024

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Hypostominae
Etymology: Panaqolus: Derived from Panaque, see; orcesi: Name 'orcesi' in honor of Gustavo Orces, for his extensive contributions to the knowledge vertebrate biodiversity in Ecuador.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 1 m (Ref. 131037). Tropical

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South America: Ecuador.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 131037)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 4. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: base color of head, body, and fins uniformly grey, brown, or black, with light (cream, yellow or gold) dots; dentary teeth 5-7; distal tips of the dentaries converging to form an acute angle; inter-dorsal distance 12.1-12.7% SL; abdominal length 23.0-25.3% SL; dorsal-fin base length 33.1-35.0% SL; dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines 34.0-34.1% SL, 35.8-37.4% SL; caudal peduncle 11.8-12.7% SL; snout length 68.5; orbital diameter 17.1-18.3% HL; maximum standard length 180.6 mm; interorbital distance 44.5-45.8% HL; snout length 68.5-70.3% HL; inter-dorsal distance 12.1-12.7% SL; dorsal-fin spine 34.0-34.1% SL; smaller average mid lateral dot sizes for a given size individual; higher average number of dots on dorsal surface of pectoral fin (Ref. 131037).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Provenzano-Rizzi, F., R. Barriga-Salazar and D.J. Stewart, 2024. Two new species of the armored catfish genus Panaqolus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Zootaxa 5463(1):112-126. (Ref. 131037)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100). 🛈