Pterygoplichthys weberi

Pterygoplichthys weberi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Pterygoplichthys
Species:	P. weberi
Binomial name
Pterygoplichthys weberi Armbruster & Page, 2006

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]

Etymology

Its 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

Pterygoplichthys weberi sometimes appears in the aquarium trade, where it may be referred to as the ranger pleco.[4]

References

1. "Pterygoplichthys weberi Armbruster & Page, 2006". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Pterygoplichthys weberi". FishBase.
3. 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.
4. "Pterygoplichthys weberi • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-12-15.