Blue Phantom Pleco L128 (Hemiancistrus Specie) | 水產百科網

TheBluePhantomPleco(HemiancistrusSpecie)isastunningriverinespeciesfoundonlyinthenorthernRioOrinocodrainageofVenezuela.

The Blue Phantom Pleco (Hemiancistrus Specie) is a stunning riverine species found only in the northern Rio Orinoco drainage of Venezuela.

In their natural environment, Blue Phantom Plecos inhabit moderate to fast flowing rivers and streams with rocky substrates where they feed upon aufwuchs, algae, and small aquatic crustaceans.

Blue Phantom Pleco L128 (Hemiancistrus sp.)

The Blue Phantom Pleco has an almost inky black body color with variable blueish white spots.    The spots at the head are numerous and smaller than those scattered over the rest of the body. Mature males tend to have longer odontodes behind the gill covers.

The Blue Phantom Pleco (L128) may or may not be Hemiancistrus subviridis, the Green Phantom Pleco (L200) with which it resembles and is