Sold as peruvian plec???

uknavynigel · Post by **uknavynigel** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:17

Please can u help to identify this plec which was sold as a peruvian butterfly plec!

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:25

Looks like

Martin S · Post by **Martin S** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:26

?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:32

Martin S wrote:
Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus
?

I'd say P. gibbiceps - it's got the large sailfin dorsal of gibbiceps.

And of course, butterfly pleco is one of these , which it ABSOLUTELY isn't - if you just bought it, I'd take it back and say "That's not what it is, can I have the right one/money back". Of course, if you bought it small and it's grown to 8+ inches now, then that's a different matter.

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Mats

uknavynigel · Post by **uknavynigel** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:43

omg it is a p gibby, lfs i was told it would only grow 9" and was a butterfly plec now it seems it will be over 17", lovely fish though good excuse to get a bigger tank in the future!

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:48

uknavynigel wrote:omg it is a p gibby, lfs i was told it would only grow 9" and was a butterfly plec now it seems it will be over 17", lovely fish though good excuse to get a bigger tank in the future!

Not all will grow to 17", but it certainly should [given suitable care and space] grow past 9".

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Mats

Martin S · Post by **Martin S** » 27 Aug 2008, 16:56

MatsP wrote:
Martin S wrote:
Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus
?
I'd say P. gibbiceps - it's got the large sailfin dorsal of gibbiceps.

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Mats

Yes, OK I see it now

Thanks
Martin

uknavynigel · Post by **uknavynigel** » 27 Aug 2008, 19:27

Where are my manners, a great big thanks to you all for giving up the time to id the fish, youre grrrreat.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 Aug 2008, 19:32

uknavynigel wrote:Where are my manners, a great big thanks to you all for giving up the time to id the fish, youre grrrreat.

Thanks for the thanks, but this one is about as easy as they get (once you've been around here long enough to have seed several dozen at least - it's a different story with those Hypancistrus from around Rio Xingu and around the same area on the northern shore of the Amazon - they are HARD to tell apart).

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Mats

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 27 Aug 2008, 19:52

MatsP wrote: Thanks for the thanks, but this one is about as easy as they get
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Mats

Hey

I can only answer the easy ones

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 27 Aug 2008, 21:02

the dorsal fin of a healthy joselimaianus is also big and sailshaped
check here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=7868

there is a far more easy way to seperate these 2, and it's quite obvious too: the coloration.

a brown fish with orange 'network' superimposed over the brown background color (reticulated pattern) -> gibbips

a brown fish with orange spots -> joselimaianus

actually this makes these 2 species like 1 is an inverted version of the other!

is the gibby perhaps an orange fish with brown spots?
or the joselimaianus an orange fish with a brown network?

you can already see this in 1" fish.......

Bas Pels · Post by **Bas Pels** » 28 Aug 2008, 07:54

MatsP wrote:
uknavynigel wrote:omg it is a p gibby, lfs i was told it would only grow 9" and was a butterfly plec now it seems it will be over 17", lovely fish though good excuse to get a bigger tank in the future!
Not all will grow to 17", but it certainly should [given suitable care and space] grow past 9".

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Mats

Mine did in a year (in a big tank)

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