Leopard frog pleco
Peckoltia compta
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Fish
Peckoltia compta is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. This catfish is found in South America, where it occurs in the Tapajós basin in Brazil. The species reaches a standard length of 6.2 cm (2.4 in). It was described in 2010 by Renildo Ribeiro de Oliveira and Jansen Zuanon, Lúcia Rapp Py-Daniel, and Marcelo Salles Rocha primarily on the basis of coloration and patterning. Its specific epithet, compta, is stated to be derived from the Latin word for "adorned" or "ornamented", referring to the species' distinctive color pattern.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Peckoltia