Pterygoplichthys weberi[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Amazon River, the Japurá River, the Marañón River, and the Ucayali River in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The species reaches 19.7 cm (7.8 inches) in standard length and is known to be a facultative air-breather. [2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Pterygoplichthys |
| Species: | P. weberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterygoplichthys weberi Armbruster & Page, 2006
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Etymology
editIts specific epithet, weberi, honors Claude Weber of the Natural History Museum of Geneva for his contributions to the systematics of the genus Pterygoplichthys and of loricariids in general.[3]
Aquarium trade
editPterygoplichthys weberi sometimes appears in the aquarium trade, where it may be referred to as the ranger pleco.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Pterygoplichthys weberi Armbruster & Page, 2006". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Pterygoplichthys weberi". FishBase.
- ^ 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 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Pterygoplichthys weberi • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
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