Royal panaque
Panaque nigrolineatus
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The royal panaque is a pleco from the Orinoco and Amazon basins. Grey with dark longitudinal stripes, it is one of the few fish that eat and digest wood. Several similar forms from different rivers are sold under this name. It exceeds 40 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Panaque nigrolineatus
- Family
- Loricariidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Chaetostomus nigrolineatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
- pH
- 6.5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–15 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 43 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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