Help id this catfish

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benefit
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Help id this catfish

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i recently bought this as a "fancy pleco"... any ideas on what it might be?

http://community.webshots.com/album/87496718YDfLBj


***edit: fixed the link
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Post by Silurus »

Looks like L205 (Peckoltia sp.) to me.
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Post by pturley »

This is the same fish (L-205) that is labeled Pekoltia brevis in aquarium publications (Burgess and others).

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Paul E. Turley
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Post by benefit »

why thank you :D
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