HomeFreshwater aquarium fishCatfish & plecosDwarf panaque Dwarf panaque (Panaqolus gnomus) Scientific name: Panaqolus gnomus Schaefer & Stewart, 1993 Photo: https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/image.php?species=panaqolus_gnomus&image_id=14283 The Dwarf panaque (Panaqolus gnomus) is a freshwater fish of the family Loricariidae. Native range: South America, Pastaza and upper Mara?on basins. Species factsScientific namePanaqolus gnomusFamilyLoricariidae (Armored catfishes)OrderSiluriformes (Catfish)ClassActinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)Maximum length7.1EnvironmentFreshwater; benthopelagicClimateTropicalDistributionSouth America: Pastaza and upper Mara?on basins.Conservation status (IUCN)Not EvaluatedThreat to humansHarmless More catfish & plecosPterygoplichthys joselimaianusPterygoplichthys scrophusLeporacanthicus triactisAtipaHoplosternum littoraleAcanthicus adonisChocolate-colored catfishRineloricaria lanceolataSee all catfish & plecos SourcesTaxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.Last updated 27 September 2026