New pleco's, L260 or L411?

[Sanplec]

Good morning everyone,

Yesterday I've bought three pleco's in Belgium as L260.
I was looking at them this morning and they where not colored as a L260.
This is why I doubt this is L260, please have a look.

Plec 1



I think this might be a mopskopf?

Plec 2

At the background one of my subadult L260, you can see different color of the stripes



Plec 3

[MatsP]

How big are they? L411 gets much bigger than L260.

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Mats

[Sanplec]

@ Mats:
Not fully grown, they're 7 cm
My subadult L260 has more yellow of golden stripes then these plecs

[MatsP]

I do believe they are L411 at that size and colour.

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Mats

[wayneg]

the top pic looks like it has a snubnose

[Sanplec]

the top pic looks like it has a snubnose

I agree, the German call it a mopskopf

[jbmm]

no spots, no l260

[claro]

Hi,

for me it is L411.

Milan

[pleco22]

Hi,
sorry to say, but this is Hypancistrus sp. L 411 and not L 260. Body shape, fin and pattern is typical. L 260 is blurred with L 410, so even when the pattern looks different, there are many hybrids out there. Real L 260 are very rare.