Bought as L333

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Bought as L333

Post by synoangel »

Hi All,

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I'm thinking L129?

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Post by Chrysichthys »

I think it might be the 'Flash pleco,' L204, but I'm not an expert.
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Post by pleco_breeder »

Hello,

Definitely not L129. I can't make out much of the body features with him hiding in the log, but L204 is a definite possibility.

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Post by Janne »

It looks more like a Hypancistrus species, the head and the size of the eyes compared with the body exclude a Panaque species. It looks like a youngster too wich make it difficult to id correctly, can you take some more pics and speciel a sideview...if you have an origin it would help too.

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Post by Chrysichthys »

I'm confused now--is it my imagination, or has the original pic been swapped for one of a different fish.
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Post by MatsP »

Chrysichthys wrote:I'm confused now--is it my imagination, or has the original pic been swapped for one of a different fish.
I think you're confused...

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Post by Martin S »

Chrysichthys wrote:I'm confused now--is it my imagination, or has the original pic been swapped for one of a different fish.
Actually, I think you're right :shock: the original pic was of a fish stuck in some bogwood.
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Post by MatsP »

OldKeeper wrote:
Chrysichthys wrote:I'm confused now--is it my imagination, or has the original pic been swapped for one of a different fish.
Actually, I think you're right :shock: the original pic was of a fish stuck in some bogwood.
You're right - I did a refresh of the link, and I get a completely different picture. [I blame that on the caching proxy servers!]

Unfortunately, the picture is pretty unsharp, but it does look more like than in my opinion on this picture.

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Post by Janne »

Yes, Daniel have put a new picture but it seams to be the same fish, unfortunatly is the pictures not good enough to determine what species it's.

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Post by pleco_breeder »

Definitely not the same specimen. Maybe same species as some are highly variable, but other photos had nowhere near as much bright color.

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Post by synoangel »

Woops sorry all,

Same fish though.
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I will restore the original image asap
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Post by Janne »

The pictures is not so good and they are still youngsters, it's difficult to determine at this stage what species they could be...let them grow for a year or so until they get mature. It's not impossible that they can be L333 but they are not L129.

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Post by plecoboy »

They look like L333s to me.
Breeding List: L46,L66,L129,L136a,L183,L201,L260,L270,L333,L340,L400,L411, and Lower Rio Xingus
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