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| Panaque cochliodon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Panaque |
| Species: | P. cochliodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Panaque cochliodon (Steindachner, 1879)[2] | |
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Panaque cochliodon, the blue eyed royal pleco, blue eyed pleco[3] or blue-eyed panaque[4] is a herbivorous freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes.[2] This catfish is endemic to Colombia where it occurs in the Cauca and Magdalena River basins.[1] It is distinguished from many loricariids by being dark grey to black and having bright, turquoise-coloured eyes.[4] Like other species of the genus Panaque, P. cochliodon feeds primarily on submerged wood.[5] Blue-eyed plecs grow to about 30 cm (12 in) in length and, like other Panaque species, they are clumsy swimmers adapted to staying close the substrate, using their sucker-like mouths to hold on to submerged rocks and wood.[6]
Blue-eye plecs as aquarium fish
[edit]Panaque cochliodon have been kept as aquarium fish, and were fairly popular during the 1980s and early 1990s. However, they are now very rarely traded because wild fish can only be obtained from rivers in Colombia considered to be outside the control of the Colombian government.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Jimenez-Segura, L.; Mojica, J. & Alonso, J. C. (2016). "Panaque cochliodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T49829660A61473488. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49829660A61473488.en. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Panaque". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "-CateLog > LORICARIIDAE > Hypostominae > Panaque cochliodon". PlanetCatfish. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- 1 2 Alex Kantor. "The Blue-Eyed Panaque (Panaque cochliodon), a True Freshwater Gem". TFHdigital.com. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "Panaque respirometry paper". February 22, 2006. Archived from the original on 22 February 2006.
- ↑ "Armoured Catfish of South America". Espace pour la vie. Ville de Montreal. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ Shane Linder (2 August 2008). "The mysteries of the Blue Eyed Pleco, Part 1 • Panaque cochliodon". PlanetCatfish • Home of Aquarium Catfishes. Shane's World > Catfishology.