ID Please

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 27 Jul 2006, 23:33

When this guy (or girl I dunno how to tell) was given to me, I was told that it was a rubberlip Pl*co. When I did some research on it, I found that Bulldog Pl*co and L146 was a synonym (according to That Fish Place)

Now that he grew a little in my tank, he doesn't look like a L146 or a Bulldog Pl*co as shown on the pic on TFP.

Here are some pics of him/her in a specimen container:

That little guy under him is an Ameca Splendens and she's in the main tank.

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 28 Jul 2006, 00:36

To me that looks like a young Liposarcus pardalis... That may be wrong, but what is certain is that it's definitely not a bulldog or rubberlip of any kind.

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 28 Jul 2006, 00:51

he or she is 4-5 inches long... thats young?

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 28 Jul 2006, 01:05

Well, if it's an L. pardalis it'll eventually grow to 12" or so.

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 28 Jul 2006, 02:21

I'm gonna look through the Cat-E-log. Right now one of the possiblities could be L060, L246. The pictures came out orange. He's not that light.

Its most probably L351

And I haev a common pleco and he looks nothing like this guy. this guy has somewhat of a spade head.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 28 Jul 2006, 13:18

It looks like a Common pleco to me. Can you count the number of rays in the dorsal fin (or post a pic with the dorsal fin extended).

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 28 Jul 2006, 13:50

one of the possiblities could be L060, L246. Its most probably L351.

In my opinion it is none of these fish.

It looks to me like a good old common (Lipocarcus pardalis).

They do vary a lot in their shape, as they are reared by the thousand in Asia and Florida, with no culling of odd looking slightly deformed specimens.

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 28 Jul 2006, 16:31

Chrysichthys wrote:It looks like a Common pl*co to me. Can you count the number of rays in the dorsal fin (or post a pic with the dorsal fin extended).

He moves around too much and he likes to hide in the jungle val so I can't get a pic of him... I can't even catch him without tearing up my vals.

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 28 Jul 2006, 16:51

Try "bribing" him with a slice of zucchini or similar; I usually use food to get my fish to pose for the camera...

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 29 Jul 2006, 16:54

TFP places incorrect photos or no photo at all on their site often. A while back, I sent them an e-mail because they showed a photo of an L-046 with the description of an L-202. That situation was quickly corrected.

That said, I did purchase some lovely, robust Otos from them. I see they sell "Queen Arabesque" for $19.99. I would ask for a photo of the exact fish prior to purchase, though, since the "Pygmy Corydoras" they sent were Corydora Hastatus and died within 5 days of arrival. They asked me to mail them the corpses for a credit(I'm not in the habit of keeping fish corpses. I got the credit anyway). They should work with you if this isn't the fish you ordered, especially if you didn't expect a 12" fish.
Amanda

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 31 Jul 2006, 00:55

bronzefry wrote:TFP places incorrect photos or no photo at all on their site often. A while back, I sent them an e-mail because they showed a photo of an L-046 with the description of an L-202. That situation was quickly corrected.

That said, I did purchase some lovely, robust Otos from them. I see they sell "Queen Arabesque" for $19.99. I would ask for a photo of the exact fish prior to purchase, though, since the "Pygmy Corydoras" they sent were Corydora Hastatus and died within 5 days of arrival. They asked me to mail them the corpses for a credit(I'm not in the habit of keeping fish corpses. I got the credit anyway). They should work with you if this isn't the fish you ordered, especially if you didn't expect a 12" fish.
Amanda

Thanks for the info. I got this catfish for free from a local and I only used TFP as a refernce (now I know that I shouldn't!)

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 01 Aug 2006, 18:59

Sorry that I misunderstood you.

Amanda