Panaqolus

Panaqolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Panaqolus Isbrücker & Schraml, 2001
Type species
Panaque gnomus Schaefer & D. J. Stewart, 1993

Panaqolus is a genus of armored catfishes native to South America.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

• Panaqolus albivermis Lujan, Steele & M. A. Velásquez, 2013 ^[1]
• Panaqolus albomaculatus (Kanazawa, 1958)
• Panaqolus changae (Chockley & Armbruster, 2002)
• Panaqolus dentex (Günther, 1868)
• Panaqolus gnomus (Schaefer & D. J. Stewart, 1993) (Dwarf panaque)
• Panaqolus koko Fisch-Muller & Covain, 2012 ^[2]
• Panaqolus maccus (Schaefer & D. J. Stewart, 1993) (Clown panaque)
• Panaqolus nix Cramer & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2015 ^[3]
• Panaqolus nocturnus (Schaefer & D. J. Stewart, 1993) (Dusky panaque)
• Panaqolus purusiensis (La Monte, 1935) ^[4]

References

1. Lujan, N.K., Steele, S. & Velasquez, M. (2013): A new distinctively banded species of Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the western Amazon Basin in Peru. Zootaxa, 3691 (1): 192–198.
2. Fisch-Muller, S., Montoya-Burgos, J.I., Le Bail, P.Y. & Covain, R. (2012): Diversity of the Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guianas: the Panaque group, a molecular appraisal with descriptions of new species. Cybium, 36 (1): 163-193.
3. 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. Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 461-470.
4. Cramer, C.A. (2014): Redescription of Panaqolus purusiensis (LaMonte, 1935) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with identification key to the species of the genus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (1): 61-70.