PlecostomusPlecostomus is the genus for the algae eater, an aquarium fish commonly purchased to scrape algae from the glass of fish tanks.
Title
PlecostomusPlecostomus is the genus for the algae eater, an aquarium fish commonly purchased to scrape algae from the glass of fish tanks.
Creator
Laurentius Gronovius (author)
Jeff Papineau (photographer)
Jeff Papineau (photographer)
Source
Museum ichtyologicum sistens piscium indigenorum & quorumdam exoticorum
Publisher
Theodorum Haak, 1745
Format
41 cm x 25.5 cm
Citation
Laurentius Gronovius (author)
Jeff Papineau (photographer), “PlecostomusPlecostomus is the genus for the algae eater, an aquarium fish commonly purchased to scrape algae from the glass of fish tanks.,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed June 8, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/2820.