Pterygoplichthys punctatus

{{Short description|Species of catfish}}

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| taxon = Pterygoplichthys punctatus

| authority = (Kner, 1854)

| synonyms = *Glyptoperichthys punctatus Kner 1854

• Loricaria punctata Kner 1854

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Pterygoplichthys punctatus,{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pterygoplichthys punctatus (Kner, 1854) |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1020993 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} commonly known as the corroncho, is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Juruá River, Madeira River, the Marañón River, and the Purus River in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. The species reaches 28.5 cm (11.2 inches) in standard length and is known to be a facultative air-breather.{{Cite web |date=2022 |editor-last=Froese |editor-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Pauly |editor2-first=Daniel |title=Pterygoplichthys punctatus |url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/pterygoplichthys-punctatus.html |website=FishBase}}

Pterygoplichthys punctatus appears in the aquarium trade, where it may be referred to as the imperial ranger pleco, the Guimares silver pleco, the Trinidad pleco, or the yogi pleco.{{Cite web |title=Pterygoplichthys punctatus • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog |url=https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=1295 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.planetcatfish.com |language=en-gb}}