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Theblue-eyedplec,Panaquecochliodon,isaherbivorousfreshwaterarmoredcatfishendemictoColombiawhereitoccursintheCaucaandMagdalenaRiver​ ...

Species of fish

The blue-eyed plec,[2] Panaque cochliodon, is a herbivorous freshwater armored catfish endemic to Colombia where it occurs in the Cauca and Magdalena River basins.[3] It is distinguished from many loricariids by being dark grey to black and having bright, turquoise-coloured eyes. Like other species of the genus Panaque, P. cochliodon feeds primarily on submerged wood.[4] Blue-eyed plecs grow to about 30 cm (11.8 inches) 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.[citation needed]

Blue-eyed plecs have been kept as aquarium fish, and were fairly popular during the 1980s and early 1990s. However, they are now very rarely tra...