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Panaque titan

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Panaque titan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Subfamily: Hypostominae
Tribe: Ancistrini
Genus: Panaque
Species:
P. titan
Binomial name
Panaque titan
Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010

Panaque titan[1][2] is a species of freshwater fish from the South American armoured catfish family Loricariidae. It is known from several rivers in the Napo River basin in Ecuador,[1] where it was perhaps first encountered in 1975, although it was not scientifically described until 2010.[3] The species reaches at least 39.4 cm (15.5 inches) SL.[4]

In the aquarium trade, there have been thought to be two forms of fish that resemble P. titan; Panaque sp. L191 from the Caquetá River in Colombia[5][6] and Panaque sp. L418 from the Huallaga River in Peru.[6][7]

As of May 2022, L-418 is the L-number currently associated with this species, whereas L-191 corresponds with a different, seemingly undescribed Panaque species.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lujan, Nathan. K; Hidalgo, Max; Stewart, Donald. J (2010). "Revision of Panaque (Panaque), with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)". Copeia. 2010 (4): 676–704. doi:10.1643/CI-09-185. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  3. ^ Saul, William. G (1975). "An ecological study of fishes at a site in upper Amazonian Ecuador". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 127: 93–134. JSTOR 4064705.
  4. ^ a b "Panaque titan • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  5. ^ Schraml, Erwin; Schäfer, Frank (2004). Loricariidae: all L-numbers. Germany: Aqualog. pp. 16, 144. ISBN 3-936027-51-X. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b Seidel, Ingo (2008). Back to Nature - Guide to L-Catfishes. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-91-89258-11-2. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ Lechner, Walter. "DATZ - A new L-number from Peru" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2014.