gold nugget pleco

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Noun

gold nugget pleco (plural gold nugget plecos)

  1. Baryancistrus xanthellus, a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil.
    • 1991, Ferraris, Carl J, Catfish in the aquarium : an introduction to catfish keeping and the diversity of catfish forms and behavior‎, page 45:
      One of the most attractive species of armored suckermouth catfish is the recently imported gold nugget pleco.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Oliver Lucanus, “Gold Nugget Plecos: Treasure from the Xingu”, in tfhmagazine.com‎:
      The gold nugget pleco is a highly variable species, found from the lowland region of the Xingu at Belo Monte, upstream to above São Félix do Xingu.

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