What would you say is the rarest pleco

[Teagu]

Does any one know what is one of the rarest pleco on the market.

 

[davo]

lol, there are lots that aren't on the market. In the UK you'd be hard pushed to find anything "uber rare". Finding something like a blue eyed pleco would be something though, they aren't often about.

 

[WyldFya]

Punk pleco is very rare.

 

[davo]

Punk pleco is very rare.

just a tad lol. If you could find either of the blind plecos I'd give you a medal too.

 

[COL]

There are hundreds of species of fish that have yet to be imported. I'd say any of those would be "rare" by your standards.

 

[Teagu]

yer true i was wondering coz in the uk ive seen the zebra plecos for £450 at 3inches

 

[sje106]

i'd sell organs for a good Blue eye panaque. is it Panaque Suttoni, Panaque Suttonorum or Panaque Cochliodon? i thinks its Suttoni but have heard about it changing. is this true?

 

[AquataHolic420]

zebra, are $$$$$$$$$$$so bank$$$$$$$$$$$$but awesome.

 

[Mr Pleco]

i'd sell organs for a good Blue eye panaque. is it Panaque Suttoni, Panaque Suttonorum or Panaque Cochliodon? i thinks its Suttoni but have heard about it changing. is this true?

I googled this, it's an interesting article, hopefully some pleco experts will chime in and clarify........Davo? Wydfya ?

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/panaque_cf_suttonorum.htm

 

[davo]

yeah, that's basically it, it was Panaque suttoni, changed to suttonorum because it was named after a man and women (not just a man), so it abided by the "rules of scientific naming".

Then it's pretty much excepted that the blue eyes in the hobby aren't P. Suttonorum, but a very similar looking fish (P. Cochliodon - which it is now referred too, although in reality could be another unidentified species) based on it looking slightly different to the description of P. suttonorum, and location of imports and collection of the fish.