I always love a good Cochliodon discussion!
Today in Panaque... A really nice watermelon pleco, from an article that talks about Cochliodon. Not Panaque cochliodon, but Hypostomus cochliodon (and friends).
Yeah, L77, L137, L138. None of these are the picture above at the beginning of the article. The article is all over the place pleco wise. It eventually stabilizes into a H. cochliodon group discussion (and no, the above pic isn’t a Panaque “Bruno”, the fish doesn’t exist. Hypostomus “Bruno” does exist).
I did find this part interesting:
“A couple of years later the scientific community announced that this species was not actually a Panaque but a close relative that belonged to the Cochilodon grouping. This brought about a name change to Salt and Pepper Plec. which would then give way to Coffee and Cream Plec. Surely the L77 tag would have been easier to follow?”
Yeah, L77 is easier. The connections between Cochliodon and Panaque are always a good read. While the connection between Panaque/Panaqolus is obvious, the connection between Panaque/Cochliodon (Hypostomus) is a little more mysterious. Not Panaque enough but not really Hypostomus either.
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I’m just a pleco fan, not a pleco scientist. This is my inexperienced opinion.