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Peckoltia lujani — Orinoco (2015)

Named speciesResearch draft

Peckoltia lujani Armbruster, Werneke & Tan, 2015

Identity and locality

Peckoltia lujani Armbruster, Werneke & Tan, 2015

Río Orinoco basin, Colombia

Diagnostic evidence and naming

Recognized formally in ZooKeys 480 based on Orinoco materials, one of three new saddled Peckoltia. Sister taxon P. wernekei differs in dentary tooth angle and abdominal markings; similar bars need museum characters.

Breeding and genetics limitations

Named for ichthyologist Nathan Lujan, not an attributed original captive pattern founder.

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