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Hello!
I have this guy. He is definitely not L-129, but who he is?
My main version is Hypostomus mutucae LDA010 (now I think it's definitely not) or Hypostomus nematopterus L060 (looks very close), but I'm absolutely unsure about this.
Help please

some more:

common friends! I dont trust that nobody know this guy

given it was exported from Colombia.

Jools

Jools wrote:

Hypostomus plecostomoides

given it was exported from Colombia.

Jools

Ii was on of the first versions, but take a look to a ventral side. Plecostomoides have spotted belly - http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/ima ... ge_id=2471, my haven't.

Plecostomoides have spotted belly... my haven't.

Young plecos do not tend to have belly pattern and squamation. They get this as they mature. Your fish is very small, so the comparison with a very mature fish is unjustified.

That said, it's not H. plecostomoides because the dentition does not match. Your fish is in Hypostomus sensu stricto, and H. plecostomoides is in the H. cochliodon group of wood eaters.

perhaps?

racoll wrote:

Hypostomus plecostomus

perhaps?

Thank you for explanation. Yes, it's looks very close.
So, for now I have two version:
or
What do you think about the first one? Can't found a clear picture of his mouth.

Based on export patterns, there is almost a zero percent probability that this fish is H. nematopterus.

so my bad. I asked for "small pleco" and this guy should be about 30cm
never more will purchase any animals without preliminary research