Please can I have an ID

[Rose, posts: 1]

I am having a dispute with someone who sold me these 1 inch pleco.

They were sold as L183.



Many thanks for your time and responses in advanced.

[Richard B, posts: 6307]

From the picture, it looks like just a common bristlenose

[pleco_breeder, posts: 803]

Agreed...common bristlenose.

It's common for people who don't know what they have to throw a name/number on a fish in hopes they can get more for them than they're worth. It may not be ethical, but does happen. I recently went through a similar situation while trying to get Ancistrus claro. The pic sent was the right fish, but the fish weren't. I do finally have the right species, but from a different seller.

Larry

[kamas88, posts: 191]

Hi,

L 183 = Ancistrus dolichopterus.
At least in Germany (might be similar in England) the common bristlenose (like yours) is most often sold under the wrong name A. dolichopterus. This might explain how it came that it was sold under the wrong name.

Cheers,