Another pleco ID please :)

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Another pleco ID please :)

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Picked up two of these as L146, but unsure as they look quite different to the other l146's ive seen in the past, and also on any catalogue of them I have seen. Wonder what you think?
The pics are pretty dark, but they are actually white in colour - not albino as they do not have red eyes. Their bellies look almost completely clear.

Sorry the pics arent great!

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Will get some better pics tomorrow, but what do you think for now??
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Re: Another pleco ID please :)

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Photos really dont show that these are super white in colour
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The one on the left in pic 2 looks like .
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Definitely a Chaetostoma, colourwise at the moment they are move like Chaetostoma tachiraense. They are very small, I'm thinking that over time the colours will perhaps change.
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curious, do they look like my avatar?
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also agree, looks like Chaetostoma. They seem a little small to fully ID and need clearer shots as well. cheers jk
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They are a lot whiter than the avatar. Havent had a chance for clearer pics properly yet. Here are two more I took after I uploaded the last ones....


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I still think they look like C. formosae, but the small size could make it hard to 100% confirm the ID.
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Re: Another pleco ID please :)

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After some further research, I believe them to be Chaetostoma formosae, but agreed at this size it is difficult. Looking forward to them gaining some size as they are both beautiful.
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