Peckoltia ID

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Peckoltia ID

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I saw this at a store in the area. I thought it looked like some peckoltia or ancistomus but couldn't put an L number or species to it. The owner wasn't sure what it was as he was expecting to get an L114 but got this instead. Pic was taken with my phone so its not the best. Any ideas?

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L147, L387 or something similar, I think.

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Hi!!

Yes must be something like this!!
L208 could be a solution but I doubt it is this.
but hard to tell with such pic
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This fish is really reminding of the L387! Very nice fish.
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Well I picked up the one and had him order the last three his supplier had. Here are the 4 I wound up with. I think they look just like the L387 picture in Ingo's book.

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L-387!
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That's awesome. Thanks guys. I've been trying to acquire some for quite awhile.

The glare was pretty bad on my above shots. This was the best. Any ideas on the sex. They came in pretty thin.

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Hi!!

I concured L387
Regarding the sex...I think you should let them settle a little bit and let them beef up too...then I think you will be able to make a better sex ID
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The only way I knew I had boys and girls was when they bred. They like to eat so much, they get quite plump. :P This is a fun species! Never a dull moment.
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Not sure on my sex ratio but I know there is at least one of each. This weekend I discovered some fry roaming the tank. Looks to be around 20 fry.

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Mats i have only just noticed this do you think the fish i sold you as L147 could be the same as these the pictures look close.
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JoePlec wrote:Mats i have only just noticed this do you think the fish i sold you as L147 could be the same as these the pictures look close.
I'm pretty sure the ones you sold me are L147 - they are much darker than the L387, and grows bigger.

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You know better than me mate. Just thought id ask. I did notice that L147 grow bigger when i compared the pages before.
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