Above: Black Whiptail Photo: Aakash Sarin Left: Pinnochio or Knob Nosed Whiptails Hemiodontichthys acipenserinus Photo: Phill Collis Right top: Flash or Peru Striped Pleco Panaqolus alvicermis, L204 Photo: Darren Stevens Right bottom: Mustard Spot Pleco Panaqolus albomaculatus, LDA31 Photo: Darren Stevens
Phill imported some stunning whiptails including the ‘black’ whiptail, likely a dark form of the lanceolate whiptail, Hemiloricaria/ Rineloricaria lanceolata, the ‘white’ whiptail, (Hemiloricaria sp. “white” or “Peru”), and the spectacular mouth brooding pinnochio or knob-nosed whiptail (Hemiodontichthys 20 ∙ Aquarium World
acipenserinus). All of these whiptails are now very rare or have died out in New Zealand. On the pleco front, Phill’s shipment included the striking flash pleco or Peru striped Panaque (Panaqolus albivermis, L204) and the rare but equally impressive mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus, LDA31).