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Hey guys! I am back with another puzzle for those more experienced than myself.
I recently imported fish from Peru again, and surprise surprise, I have no idea what this little ditty is. They are pretty tiny and were imported as a Parotocinclus, no adipose though. Can anyone give me a starting place to look and see what they are?
I know these pictures are abyssmal, I will get better ones tomorrow, as these fish are en route to me now (these are the exporters images).



Maybe baby panaque of some type?

Well, I'm not an expert on loricariids by any means, but these reminded me of very young . Compare them to the pictures of very small , for example.

ugh, i really hope not. Those get larger than I want in this fish room.
I will post better pictures after I have them tomorrow.

He,

sure that they don't have an adipose? They look like what is sold as "Ranger Pleco" from Columbia, and normally these turn out to be G./P. punctatus. For sure not a Parotocinclus.


cheers, Daniel

I won't know anything for sure until I get them tomorrow- that is just what the exporter told me (about adipose). I will get decent pics of side, top, and bottom tomorrow when they arrive.

The guys above are spot on. I'm 99.9% sure this is a bambino of some sort, I'm 95% sure it's .

Jools

ha, just my luck. Thanks guys. I will still update with better pictures tomorrow. WTF am I, who likes nano fish, going to do with 70 fish that get to 7" LOL. Any clue on a retail value?

Got sumps?

Jools

haha, no! Air driven filtration with a central pump. This is what I get for trying to get more parotos! LOL

msjinkzd wrote:ha, just my luck. Thanks guys. I will still update with better pictures tomorrow. WTF am I, who likes nano fish, going to do with 70 fish that get to 7" LOL. Any clue on a retail value?

In Europe we once had a batch of similar fish. They sold for more than Pterogoblichthys gibbiceps - and rightfully. After all, they don't get that big, and are therefore much more suitable for the average tank.

Unfortunately, it was only that once. I got 5 out of them,which are now ~20 cm. Only 20 cm I should say

Here are pictures, now that they are in my possession

you might be able to count the rays in the dorsal - above 8 it is Pterogoblichthys, and I'm rather certain the count will be that high

But as stated, assuming it is not one of the larger species, there should be a market for them.

incidentally, I do like how they look

That's a really attractive little pleco. Too bad they don't stay that way.

I do have some big tanks that they would fit in. Let me know when you get pricing as I might be interested in a few.

Andy

yea, i really wish they stayed this little and attractive, lol. I will list them up once I qt them. They are very cute, right now. Just not really my market demographic!