Panaque suttonorum | |
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A large (48cm/19") adult Panaque suttonorum in an aquarium. Taken at Pier Aquatics, UK. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Loricariidae |
Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
Tribe: | Ancistrini |
Genus: | Panaque |
Species: | P. suttonorum |
Binomial name | |
Panaque suttonorum Schultz, 1944 |
Panaque sutonorum is a species of freshwater fish from the Loricariidae family of South American catfish. It is known from the Maracaibo river basin, Venezuela. In 2010, P. suttonorum was reevaluated and considered as a sister species with Panaque cochliodon, due to their similarities.