Pleco ID please

[YSR50]

Hate to be that guy, but I would appreciate the help if anyone can give me a somewhat accurate ID this little guy. I'll try to get better pictures now that he's settled in and shows a darker brown coloring.

One request though, please don't bother telling me it's a Columbian/Fake/Brown Zebra or any other "common" name. Not to sound ungrateful, but I already know I could go to multiple LFSs and see any number of scribble type Hypans labeled as some made up common name.

TIA

[Narwhal72]

Looks like Peckoltia sp. L080 to me.

[YSR50]

Thanks, but it might be the color throwing you off a bit. Maybe these will help a little, taken today

[bekateen]

The last pictures remind me of debilittera. But take that with a grain of salt. These plecos are a challenge for me.

Cheers, Eric

[YSR50]

Pictures in my original post are from April when I first brought it (and a

Peckoltia brevis

?) home. The first picture below is from later in the day when it colored up a bit. The second picture below is from June

[YSR50]

The last pictures remind me of debilittera. But take that with a grain of salt. These plecos are a challenge for me.

Cheers, Eric

That was my guess as well, didn't want to put it out there and influence anyones opinion. The size matches up also, although I have no way of telling if it is fulling grown. The only thing I am sure of is that it is a Hypan and, unfortunately, sexually mature.

[YSR50]

Didn't realize how much different this fish looks now compared to the original pictures.

This is my L201 tank, or contradens, depending on who you ask ;) The tank is out of the way and I don't pay much attention to it other than maintenance, feeding, and occasionally grabbing fry when I feel like bothering. It also has become sort of a QT for new arrivals. Not trying to put them in harms way, but they breed so much that I have plenty spread out throughout my tanks.

The reason I was sure he was a Hypan was that I caught him trapping an L201 last week and thought I could see eggs a few days later. Then yesterday I thought I seen movement in the back of the cave. The cave is a tight fit, and in order to see inside I need to lay on the floor with a flashlight. The L201s often breed and have wrigglers with snails in the cave the entire time, so I thought maybe what I thought was eggs was actually old snail shells. Even just now, trying to dump the cave, a few old yellowish snail shells fell out first. Thought maybe I got lucky and there were no eggs, but no, some wrigglers finally made it out. Now I need to set up "Misfit Island" tank for dad and his young until I can figure out what to with these hybrids.