Please ID sold as "yellow zebra pleco" dark body/y

saradora · Post by **saradora** » 01 Jan 2006, 22:39

I have had this fish for a little over three years and it has not grown at all (it is approximately 4" long). It appears to eat wood. It also eats bloodworms and any type of wafers and vegetables. It has a dark blackish-brown body with yellow stripes and odontodes on operculum and pectoral fins. It is very jowly (that is the best way I can describe its large lower cheek-parts) and has a lyre-shaped tail.

Thanks!

Post by **Silurus** » 01 Jan 2006, 23:06

Looks like L129 to me.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 02 Jan 2006, 13:43

HI!

Yeap I would say Hypancistrus sp L129...
Cheers
Yann

INXS · Post by **INXS** » 05 Jan 2006, 14:06

It does look like an L-129 but I have had a fullgrown one for several years and it's between 2-2.5" which I thought was a max size for this hypancistrus - I have neverheard of one over 3" and certainly not 4".
I also have not seen it eat veggies , as a matter of fact none of my hypancistrus seem to.
Is it possible that it's another species or maybe just a gigantic L-129?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 05 Jan 2006, 14:22

The Cat-eLog is listing it's size as 70mm (2.8"). Total length of such a fish would be close to 100mm (~4"), I would think...

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Mats

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 07 Jan 2006, 13:04

That is one Fat Fish!

not sure its a 129 though... all of ours have a white underbelly

saradora · Post by **saradora** » 07 Jan 2006, 19:55

Thanks for all the replies! Here's a little more info:
Sometimes my fish's underside is white with mottled brown marks (usually if I have to turn the light on at night). Most of the time it is mottled yellowish-brown. He is a very fat fish, but he eats surprisingly little. Also, I suspect that he eats wood because he bored a large hole in the driftwood that fits his head.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 09 Jan 2006, 11:02

Is it possible that it's an ? I wouldn't have thought that the L204 has that large eyes, which is typical for Hypancistrus species... But eating wood is certainly not a Hypancistrus trait.

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Mats