Tiger pleco
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The tiger pleco can have a dark wedge-shaped marking on its snout.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Tiger pleco
- Scientific name
- Peckoltia vittata
- Japanese name
- タイガープレコ
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Genus
- Peckoltia
Where the name “Tiger pleco” comes from
Its genus name honours Gustavo Peckolt, a member of a natural history commission.
FishBase ConsortiumHow the Tiger pleco lives
It is active at night. It feeds on algae. In Venezuela, it has been found on rocks in flowing stretches of rivers.
FishBase ConsortiumBasic data
- Size
- Total length: up to 7 cm
- Range
- Upper and middle Amazon River
Where the Tiger pleco has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — タイガープレコChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase Consortium — Peckoltia vittataChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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