L050 Spotted Humpbacked Pleco (Hypostomus cochilodon)

This is a newly described species of Hypostomus. It is a wood eating species. It’s thought that the wood eating behavior of the fish has developed as they inhabit areas where fallen wood litters much of the substrate. Not much light penetrates the water to initiate algal growth, giving fish with the ability to use wood as a food source a competitive advantage