Panaqolus

Panaqolus
Panaqolus albivermis, sometimes known as L-204
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Tribe: Ancistrini
Genus:
Isbrücker & Schraml, 2001
Type species
Panaque gnomus
Schaefer & D. J. Stewart, 1993

Panaqolus is a genus of small catfish in the family Loricariidae native to rivers in tropical South America.[1] Its members were formerly thought to belong to a clade of small-sized species in the genus Panaque, until this genus was separated from Panaque in 2001. At times it has been considered a subgenus of Panaque, and the validity of the genus has been disputed by various authors and sources.[2] Pseudoqolus koko was formerly considered to be a member of this genus, although it was reclassified as a member of the currently monotypic genus Pseudoqolus by Nathan K. Lujan, Christian A. Cramer, Raphael Covain, Sonia Fisch-Muller, and Hernán López-Fernández following a 2017 molecular phylogenetic analysis.[3]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Panaqolus". FishBase. May 2017 version.
  2. ^ a b Lujan, N.K.; Steele, S.; Velasquez, M. (2013). "A new distinctively banded species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the western Amazon Basin in Peru" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3691 (1): 192–198. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.8. PMID 26167575.
  3. ^ Lujan, N. K.; Cramer, C. A.; Covain, R.; Fisch-Muller, S.; López-Fernández, H. (2017). "Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the ornamental wood-eating catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals undescribed diversity and parapatric clades". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 321–336. Bibcode:2017MolPE.109..321L. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.040. PMID 28065866.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Panaqolus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ^ Tan, M.; Souza, L.S.d.; Armbruster, J.W. (2016). "A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Branco" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 14 (2): e150033. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20150033.
  6. ^ Cramer, C.A.; Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H. (2015). "A new species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Madeira basin with remarkable intraspecific color variation" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 13 (3): 461–470. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140099.
  7. ^ Cramer, C.A. (2014). "Redescription of Panaqolus purusiensis (LaMonte, 1935) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with identification key to the species of the genus" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (1): 61–70. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252014000100006.
  8. ^ Cramer, C.A.; Sousa, L.M.d. (2016). "A New Species of Tiger Pleco Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil" (PDF). PLOS ONE. 11 (11): e0165388. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1165388C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165388. PMC 5102395. PMID 27828981.