Panaque armbrusteri Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Panaque armbrusteri 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, Araguaia, Tocantins and Aripuanã rivers, 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).
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Panaque armbrusteri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:29:31.467257+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Panaque armbrusteri Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010
- Name authority
- Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Panaque
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyHypostominae Kner, 1853
- tribeSpectracanthicini Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989
- genusPanaque Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
- speciesPanaque armbrusteri Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Panaque. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Panaque bathyphilus Lujan & Chamon, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panaque schaeferi Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panaque suttonorum Schultz, 1944 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panaque cochliodon (Steindachner, 1879) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panaque nigrolineatus (Peters, 1877) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panaque titan Lujan, Hidalgo & Stewart, 2010 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lujan, N. K., Hidalgo, M., & Stewart, D. J. (2010). Revision of Panaque (Panaque), with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Amazon Basin (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Copeia, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1643/ci-09-185 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4C9CW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.