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Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (Kner, 1854)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Loricariidae
genus
Pterygoplichthys
species
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps

Name

Synonyms
Ancistrus gibbiceps Kner, 1854
Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps (Kner, 1854)
Liposarcus altipinnis Günther, 1864
Homonyms
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (Kner, 1854)
Common names
Bode cacunda in Portuguese
Carachama in Spanish
Common Pleco in English
Garachama-Wels in German
High Fin Spotted Pleco in English
Highfin Spotted Plecostomus in English
Isopurjepleko in Finnish
Leopard pleco in English
Sailfin pleco in English
Sejlfinnet leopardmalle in Danish
Suckermouth Catfish in English
Vitorlás algaevő harcsa in Hungarian
Waben-Schilderwels in German
glyptoper velkoploutvý in Czech
Парчовый птеригоплихт in Russian
セルフィンプレコ in Japanese
隆头翼甲鲶 in language.
隆头雕甲鲶 in language.
隆頭翼甲鯰 in Chinese
隆頭雕甲鯰 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., Lugo, M., Bogotá-Gregory, J. D., Lasso, C.A., Vásquez, L., Usma, J. S., Taphorn, D.C., Provenzano Rizzi, F. 2006. Peces del río Tomo, cuenca del Orinoco, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 7 (1): 113-128.
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