This Pleco i seen online and it has me puzzled to which one it is

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This Pleco i seen online and it has me puzzled to which one it is

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I seen this Pic on facebook it looks like multiple species is it a hybrid most people are saying its a clown pleco I'm not convinced
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It's a Panaqolus species for sure. It appears to be in the lineage that includes L397 and others like it, but not L397. Maybe L271? I doubt it's a hybrid, but can't rule it out.

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Re: This Pleco i seen online and it has me puzzled to which one it is

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L002
was the first one to come to my mind but I can't tell what it is from that one picture.

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Hi

Agree with Jools, L 2 most likely.
Daniel
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