Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau)

Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 150-195 : 169

Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau)

( Fig. 60 , SA[SPC])

References. Anonymous, 1988a (as Hypostomus sp. ); Anonymous, 1988b (as Hypostomus ?plecostomus); Ng & Lim, 1989 (as Pterygoplichthys sp. ); Lim & Ng, 1990 (as Hypostomus sp. ); Ng, 1991 (as Pterygoplichthys sp. ); Lim & Ng, 1992 (as Liposarcus pardalis ); Ng & Lim, 1997a (as Liposarcus pardalis ); Ng & Lim, 1997b (as Liposarcus pardalis ); Goh et al., 2002 (as Liposarcus sp. ); National Parks Board, 2003 (as Liposarcus spp. ); Page & Robins, 2006; Baker & Lim, 2008, 2012; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010; Tan HTW et al., 2010; Kwik et al., 2013 (as Pterygoplichthys pardaris ); Ho et al., 2016.

Distribution. Mandai area rural streams ( Anonymous, 1988b); Sungei Sembawang ( Ng & Lim, 1989; Lim & Ng, 1992; Page & Robins, 2006); Hong Kah ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Lim Chu Kang ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Stamford Canal ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Pandan Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1989; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Pandan Canal ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Upper Seletar Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Central Catchment Nature Reserve — Nee Soon Swamp Forest ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Kranji Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1989, 1997a, 1997b; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Mandai area ( Ng & Lim, 1989; Page & Robins, 2006); Jurong Lake ( Ng & Lim, 1989); Upper Peirce Reservoir ( Anonymous, 1988a; Ng & Lim, 1989); Lower Peirce Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1997a, 1997b); Upper Seletar Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1989, 1997a, 1997b); Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve ( National Parks Board, 2003); Choa Chu Kang ponds ( Page & Robins, 2006); Lower Seletar Reservoir ( Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); MacRitchie Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1989; Ng HH & Tan HH, 2010); Pangsua pond ( Kwik et al., 2013); Singapore Botanic Gardens (Tan HH, pers. obs., 2015); Jurong Lake (unpublished data); Bishan Park (unpublished data); Bedok Reservoir (unpublished data); Marina Reservoir (unpublished data); Serangoon Reservoir (unpublished data); Punggol Reservoir (unpublished data).

Remarks. See earlier remarks on P. disjunctivus .

Figures

Fig.60.Pterygoplichthys pardalis, 320 mm SL, Bishan Park (dorsal, lateral, and ventral views).