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Hello this is my newest Pleco. I recently acquired him at a LFS, he was marked as a (gold dust Plecostomus). I was unsure what he was so that night a little researching and work I believe I found what he is, an L260 Queen Arabesque Pleco. He weighs in at about 3 inches, and im pretty sure hes a male. His stripes and squiggles are more white then yellow, cameras flash was picking up other colors.
Let me know your guys opinion, im new here and hope to keep coming back as I expand my hobby and knowledge into high quality pleco's.

Flipped the photos for better examining.

Looks like to me.

Jools

Yes, it is a L260..... and it looks to be male as well from what I can see.

Chuck

stuby wrote: 03 Aug 2017, 19:27 Yes, it is a L260..... and it looks to be male as well from what I can see.

Chuck

thanks it is hard to see but his side odontodes are extended. I can not find much on them for sale. I am assuming they are fairly expensive, which they should be because they a gorgeous.
I Payed $50 for him and feel that was a great price.

I have seen "hairy" females before..... but to me this one looks a little to hairy to be female. They easiest way to sex them is a picture from above so you can see body shape, fin shape and size ect. Females are very hard to come by for some reason and have a price tag that shows it...... unless you get lucky and find one in a LFS or buy young group and grow them up. But then there is no guarantee you will get a female in the group too.

Chuck

Here are some pictures of a pair so you can see the difference in them.

HTH
Chuck