Panaque suttoni "Blue-Eyed Pleco"
Origin and locale/variety: Nkhomo Reef--Malawi, Lake Malawi, East Africa
Size: Adults are usually 2.0 to 3.5 inches in aquarium environment.
Blue-Eyed Pleco Panaque suttoni
Blue-Eyed Tropheus Tropheus brichardi
Blue Freckled Cichlid Cichlasoma umbriferum ...
Panaque suttoni
SYN: None
PD: It is covered everywhere but the belly with large bony plates. The head is large, broad, and flat. The mouth is on the underside of the head and is shaped like a suction cup. The body color is black.
Aquarium books often refer to the blue-eyed plec as Panaque suttonorum or Panaque suttoni, though Panaque suttonorum is in fact a quite different fish that only comes from Venezuela.
 See also: Panaque, Blue-Eyed Pleco, Blue, Dwarf, Water
  
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