Loricariidae

Peckoltia wernekei

Peckoltia wernekei

Ten Point Five Centimeters Catfish of the Amazon Basin

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Small
• Tropical fish

Peckoltia wernekei is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Ventuari River, which is a tributary of the Orinoco in the state of Amazonas in Venezuela. The species reaches at least 10.46 cm (4.1 inches) SL. It was described in 2016 by Jonathan W. Armbruster (of Auburn University) and Nathan K. Lujan based on morphological and genetic differences between it and other members of Peckoltia, including P. vittata, which it was formerly considered to be conspecific with.