id my weird pleco.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 03:59
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Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 05:24
isnt it just a gibbi?? I have no real clue as i dont know much about plecs except i have four. 
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 06:00
i have a gibbi. this is definately not one.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 08:04
Gibbys have several different pattern variations. I too think its a Gibby but I could be wrong.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 09:27
It's definitely not a gibbi.
My first impression was that it's some kind of <i>Hypostomus</i>, but the caudal peduncle is a little too long and slender for that.
My first impression was that it's some kind of <i>Hypostomus</i>, but the caudal peduncle is a little too long and slender for that.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 10:02
Hypostomus watwata??Probably not but tried anyway...
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 11:44
Yeah think Mika is right some sort of watwata...ive seen pics of a cf.watwata without the reddish caudalfin. EVERS/SEIDEL note that the fish has a greenish shimmer. It gets very big though.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 13:08
No way this is a gibby, period.
Can we get a picture with the caudal fin erect? At first stab I would go for a species of Squaliforma but the fish doesn't quite look flat enough. Look at the odontodes on the pectoral fin rays, another interesting feature...
Jools
Can we get a picture with the caudal fin erect? At first stab I would go for a species of Squaliforma but the fish doesn't quite look flat enough. Look at the odontodes on the pectoral fin rays, another interesting feature...
Jools
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 13:12
That's what I thought as well. Compare to the pics in the e-log, it's very similar.Jools wrote:Can we get a picture with the caudal fin erect? At first stab I would go for a species of Squaliforma but the fish doesn't quite look flat enough. Look at the odontodes on the pectoral fin rays, another interesting feature...
Pete
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 13:53
A juvenile Isorineloricaria spinosissimus?? The females are less spiny than the males and they look like a hairy Hypostomus that went through a windtunnel....
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 13:56
The snout profile is too high for <i>Isorineloricaria</i>. Also, <i>Isorineloricaria</i> is grey with smaller black spots, not brown with large spots as in the picture.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 18:06
if you need more shots let me know. i got this for free from a guy that was giving away oscars. he gave me this too. he said he bought it as a leopord pleco. i would like to find its true identity so i can find out the potential size etc.
Posted: 11 Mar 2003, 18:08
squaliforma villarsi? was looking through the catelog and found what i think to be it.
Posted: 12 Mar 2003, 17:45
hmm i might be totally off but could this be some Aphanotorulus sp.?
Posted: 12 Mar 2003, 17:50
Nope, caudal peduncle too slender.
Posted: 13 Mar 2003, 04:38
so, on the squaliforma villarsi is that a good guess? thats about the best i can tell. if you need more pictures to draw a conclusion let me know.
Posted: 13 Mar 2003, 19:04
i have a fish identicle to the first pic when i brought it i was told it had the common name brazilian plec it is about 10" now.the shop i brought it from kept it in the filter and i had to buy him and put him in a nice tank. so he could see some light
