Panaque armbrusteri
Species of fish
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Panaque armbrusteri[2] is a species of fish in the South American armoured catfish family Loricariidae. This species is distributed throughout the Tapajós river, a large tributary of the Amazon River, with similar populations found in the Xingu,[3] Araguaia,[4] Tocantins[5] and Aripuanã rivers,[6] although it is uncertain whether these populations comprise the same or different species. P. armbrusteri is a large loricariid, reaching 43 cm (17 in) in total length and reportedly weighing up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lb).[7]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Tribe: | Ancistrini |
| Genus: | Panaque |
| Species: | P. armbrusteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Panaque armbrusteri Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010 | |
It is a fairly popular loricariid species in the aquarium trade, and is one of the species commonly referred to as a royal pleco, although that name more frequently refers to the related species Panaque nigrolineatus. P. armbrusteri is also sometimes known by one of two L-numbers associated with it, which are L-027 and LDA-077.[8]