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pick this up today, we think its an L27 Tocantins. could anyone help confirm this?



its about 6"

thanks

It looks more like a Xingu to me

Very nice fish!

I agree with Megacat, that it's a . It has more spots in its fin's than usual, a nice feature. Out of interest was this the fish on ebay listed as 'Royal Pleco' recently?

not sure dont think so, i picked it up from a local keeper today. apparently it came into a lfs small and the owner grew it on before selling it to the lad i got it from. delighted if its a xingu, iv been after one of these for quite some time

I'm glad you're happy with it, it's all to often that people buy one in the hope that it's a Xingu (or any of the others) and it's the 'normal' Panaque nigrolineatus/L190.

The easiest way to tell a Tocantins apart from a Xingu is that they are pretty much brown, and also seem to be a slimmer fish. At least up until about 17cm, I only have the one at this size and very rarely see pictures of adults.



The Tocantins is in the middle upside down, the rest are Xingu.



Xingu VS P. nigro

brilliant thanks matt, awsome pictures too mate

This is my last L27.....the seller thought also that's a L190

I have 4 L27's....all misidentified species

Xingu type

Unungy wrote:Xingu type

It's so puuuurty

matthewfaulkner wrote:

Unungy wrote:Xingu type

It's so puuuurty

He is a bit on the monster size, I had trouble getting him out without a good water splash, he likes to play getting wet!

What size is he, Saul? Do you have any pictures of it in an aquarium? He honestly looks like a perfect specimen in the photo.

no he was already sold.
He was about 11+ inches.