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What Pleco is this?? Never seen til now...
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 13:27
by bidewaterkant
Hello forum, I hope someone here can tell me what fish I´ve bought. At the first moment I thought about L 056 in yellow, but it isn´t. I got him as Peckoltia spec. with other fishes in a used tank. Because I`ve never seen him before, can you tell me the L-number and if its a rare thing and whats his worth?
Bigger "Klick":
http://www.scotcat.com/forums/index.php ... post&id=71
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 13:33
by Yann
Hi!
Difficult to say with such picture!!
How big is it?
Any chance to make a pic while the fish is in the water. Out of water pictures show stressfull fish...
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 13:36
by MatsP
My immediate thought was that it's some sort of Hypostomus specie, but the picture isn't great for determining body shape. A side on view and perhaps also a top view would be good.
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Mats
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 13:52
by Silurus
It looks like some kind of Parancistrus to me.
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 13:52
by a.d.wood
Hi there,
My first thought was Orange Seam (L076), body shape and colouration look fairly similar to what I have in the tank just now
Andrew
Rubbery
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 16:25
by Silent Doh
It looks like a rubber pleco to me, but like previously stated. Try to get a picture of the fish when it is in the water, as many fish change coloration when stressed and could mislead us in our identification.
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 19:23
by Jon
Doesn't seem to have the fleshy hard rays of parancistrus. Personally, I tihnk it's a hypostomus as well, but again, it's hard to say with the picture at hand.
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 21:50
by Yann
Hi!
Sorry but tit can't be an Hypostomus as the fish clearly show interopercular odontodes...
The Parancistrus id is quite good, the overall shape quite fit well...
the only thing that bother me is the red edge on the dorsal fin...
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 22:24
by Yann
HI!
By looking at the pictures of
it quite match yours... you msut have a nearly full grown specimen!!
A little edit:
I saw picutres of
which is a better fit for you fish, L76 has a yellow seam, while L265 has a more orange/red seam...
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 05 Jan 2006, 22:44
by fish fodder
i would say a parancistrus
Posted: 06 Jan 2006, 06:33
by Jon
"Sorry but tit can't be an Hypostomus as the fish clearly show interopercular odontodes... "
Ah, true. Sorry, I didn't notice them.
At least from this angle, the dorsal fin does not appear to meet the adipose, however, so I'm unsure as to whether it is still a parancistrus.
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