Identify this pl*co please.

[jasonpisani]

Can someone identify me this pl*co:-

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5h ... pg&.src=ph
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5h ... pg&.src=ph

Thanks alot & best regards. jason.

[Jools]

Super cool bristlenose - maybe L371? I don't know as it's a new one to me. I'd certainly like to feature some pics in the cat-elog if you like? PM me if you are interested.

Jools

[Jools]

Actually, now that I sit down with DATZ, looks a lot like L309.

Jools

[jasonpisani]

Thanks alot for your reply. I bought it as an Ancistrus Dolichopterus, but i don't think it is.
What do you think it is. I need some information about it. Can you please help?.
Thanks alot in advance.

[MatsP]

Thanks alot for your reply. I bought it as an Ancistrus Dolichopterus, but i don't think it is.
What do you think it is. I need some information about it. Can you please help?.
Thanks alot in advance.

Jools seems to think it's L309, and I trust him to know.

That by itself means that it's almost certainly NOT a Ancistrus Dolichopterus.

Ancistrus Dolichopterus is one of the three or four names that are commonly used in books to describe some specie of Ancistrus that is usually listed in the catfish section of the book. That doesn't mean that the fish in the picture and described in the text is actually A. Dolichopterus, it's just some fish of Ancistrus genus that happens to be available to the author of the fish-book.

And according to the theory that most fish-shop keepers don't know half as much as the people who write books, the shop will then use the name that they find in the book as anything that is reasonably alike the image in the book. Since there are about 50 different species of ancistrus, where almost all have dark brown body with lighter spots, they all look prety similar to someone who hasn't been studying this a lot.

L309 isn't even listed in the Cat-eLog, so you should take Jools offer to supply pictures, so that there at least is an entry in the Cat-eLog to fill in information about how this fish is best treated etc.

Generally, it's probably better kept at around 25'C. Feed it with a lot of vegetables (unless there is lots of algae in the tank). Courgette (Zucchini), cucumber, melon, sweet potato, green pees, Mange Toute, green beens are all accepted by my "Common" ancistrus, and by the other pl*co's that I've got. Algae wafers are also a good supplemental food. Contains quite a bit of protein, so good for getting them ready to breed. My Ancistrus "Domesticus" takes bloodworms if it can get to them too.

Please as more questions in the "Loricariid" forum below.

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Mats

[jasonpisani]

Thanks alot for your help & if you need any photos about this catfish, please e-mail me & i'll send you what i have.

Thanks alot. jason.