Sailfin pleco or not?

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Sailfin pleco or not?

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Hi everyone, i bought this sailfin pleco yesterday. Do you agree on this fish being a pterygoplichthys gibbiceps? He is about 2,5 inches now so not full grown of cource😅.



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Re: Sailfin pleco or not?

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Hi Manoah,

That looks like
Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
to me, yes.

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Re: Sailfin pleco or not?

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Yes.


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Re: Sailfin pleco or not?

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Okay thanks
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Re: Sailfin pleco or not?

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anneleveille wrote: It looks like the pterygoplichthys gibbiceps that my friends bought last week. :d So, it is a pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
O cool😊😁
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