Panaque
cochliodon (Steindachner, 1879) |
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Danny Blundell (2) Stephen Hack
(3) Johnny
Jensen's Photographic Library
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| Relevant
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This catfish
was for many years thought to be Panaque suttonorum (suttoni?)
but it is now finely recognised to be Panaque cochlidon.
This mistake was rectified when again looking at Schultz's original
description of P.suttonorum, which was totally different,
and was also from a different location. See
Factsheet.
There is an actual school of thought, mainly in Germany,
that the smaller Panaques are actually Panaqolus and the
larger species are Panaque. This species would still then
be a Panaque. The differences are that Panaque
have an oval shaped mouth and the jaws have very large spatulate
teeth with a single cusp, arranged in a v form and Panaqolus
have a small number of spatulate teeth. Diet: All
Panaque (Panaqolus) are wood eaters so would need
this in an aquarium set-up. Feed also vegetable foods such as cucumber,
courgette (zucchini) and sinking tablets. Aquarium Care:
This species is a bit robust in an aquarium set-up so would need
plenty of hiding places, plenty of water changes, due to their wood
eating habits, and powerfull filtration. Needs a spacious aquarium.
Known for its blue eyes. |
| Common
Name: |
Blue-eyed
Pleco |
| Synonyms: |
Chaetostomus
cochliodon. Chaetostomus gibbosus |
| Family: |
Loricariidae
ycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Colombia
: Rio Magdalena and Rio Cauca. Type locality: Aus
dem Cauca, dem grössten Nebenflusse des
Magdalenen-Stromes, Colombia. |
| Size:
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40cm. (14ins) |
| Temp: |
20-24°c
(67-75°f.) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
| Reference: |
ScotCat
Factsheet. no.71 May 2002.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes,
recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of
siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
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Family: Loricariidae
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