Who’s who in the Hypancistrus world?
Despite not having a complete suite of scientific names, the trade has supplied many different names and L numbers for the various Hypancistrus forms (as recorded on the Planet Catfish website — for more information or to see images of these fish, visit planetcatfish.com). Look out for the following that may have turned up at some point or another…
Angelicus pleco, L004, L005, L028, L073, Hypancistrus sp. Zebra pleco, L046, L098, Hypancistrus zebra Zombie pleco, L070, Hypancistrus sp. Snowball pleco, L102, Hypancistrus inspector Orinoco polka dot pleco, Hypancistrus contradens Colombian zebra pleco, L129, Hypancistrus debilittera Yellowhead zebra pleco, L199, Hypancistrus furunculus Spotted angel pleco, LDA005, L136, LDA006, Hypancistrus sp. Light angel pleco, L136C, Hypancistrus sp. Blackwater star pleco, L158, Hypancistrus sp. Wavy zebra pleco, L173, Hypancistrus sp. Spotted zebra pleco, L174, Hypancistrus sp. Orinoco angel pleco, L201, Hypancistrus sp. Cracked zebra pleco. L236, Hypancistrus sp. Fragmented zebra pleco, L250, Hypancistrus sp. Queen arabesque pleco, L260, Hypancistrus sp. Fine dotted pleco, L262, Hypancistrus sp. Chocolate zebra pleco, L270, LDA076, L307, Hypancistrus sp. Collar zebra pleco, L287, Hypancistrus sp. Headband pleco, L297, Hypancistrus sp.
Jari zebra pleco, L316, Hypancistrus sp. Amapa zebra pleco, L318, Hypancistrus sp. Maze zebra pleco, L333, Hypancistrus sp. Luna Angel pleco, L339, Hypancistrus lunaorum Mega clown pleco, L340, LDA019, Hypancistrus sp. Nosestriped zebra pleco, L345, Hypancistrus sp. Elegant zebra pleco, L399, Hypancistrus sp. Decorated zebra pleco, L400, Hypancistrus sp. Rio Curua pleco, L401, Hypancistrus sp. Pearlspotted angel pleco, L404, Hypancistrus margaritatus Gold touch zebra pleco, L410, Hypancistrus sp. Monte dourado pleco, L411, Hypancistrus sp. Curua zebra pleco, L428, Hypancistrus sp. Jatupu angel pleco, L429, Hypancistrus sp. Broadstriped zebra pleco, L450, Hypancistrus sp. Atabapo zebra pleco, L454, Hypancistrus sp. Roundhead zebra pleco, L470, Hypancistrus sp. Whitespotted ventuari pleco, L471, Hypancistrus sp. Cinaruco zebra pleco, L474, Hypancistrus sp. Nhamunda zebra pleco, L475, Hypancistrus sp. Jatapu angel pleco, L489, Hypancistrus sp. Padauari zebra pleco, L499, Hypancistrus sp. Dark zebra pleco, L500, Hypancistrus sp. Black phantasm pleco, L501, Hypancistrus sp.
Dwarf spiny pleco, L280, Hypancistrus vandragti