Peckoltia bachi

Peckoltia bachi

Fish Reaching Fourteen Centimeters in the Orinoco Basin

Peckoltia bachi is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Peckoltia
Maximum length: 14 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: South America: throughout the upper Amazon and its tributaries in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. A single specimen collected from the Río Meta system near Villavicencio, Colombia seems questionable since no other specimens have been collected in the Orinoco basin.

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