Yet another common pleco Identification request

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Yet another common pleco Identification request

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Tale as old as time, I've been scanning the "common" stock again and this handsome devil popped up amongst the droves of hypostomus and disjunctivus. I'm thinking maybe joselimanus? Individual is around 6" long.
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Re: Yet another common pleco Identification request

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Maybe a young ambrosetti but I've raised those before.
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Re: Yet another common pleco Identification request

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Probably this is
Pterygoplichthys pardalis
. Pretty one mind you.

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