This pleco is about 6 inches long. I don't think it is a common type pleco and it seems too big to be a female ancistrius. Any ideas about what type it might be.
Pleco Id help
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Maybe a Pterygoplichthys scrophus or Chocolate PLeco?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=80
A pic of it with it's dorsal fin up would make for a better ID. If the fin has 12 or more spines then it's a Pterygoplichthys species of some kind. Less spines and it's something else.
Ian
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=80
A pic of it with it's dorsal fin up would make for a better ID. If the fin has 12 or more spines then it's a Pterygoplichthys species of some kind. Less spines and it's something else.
Ian
Most deff not a P. schrophus or chocolate pleco. ianab P. schrophus is generally refered to as a rhino pleco and chocolate pleco also the albino form of P. pardalis is refered to as a chocolate pleco both of which have no spots what so ever.
A picture of the dorsal fin extended would help get a better ID but Im pretty sure its a Hypostomus of some kind. Looks very similiar to mine when I first got it. Bad thing bout Hypo's are there nearly impossible to ID when they have the pattering that yours has or mine has since so many have that pattern and are normally ID by the location they were collected from. But yeah a pic of the dorsal fin will quickly identify if its a Ptergoplichthys which I highly doubt or a Hypostomus.
A picture of the dorsal fin extended would help get a better ID but Im pretty sure its a Hypostomus of some kind. Looks very similiar to mine when I first got it. Bad thing bout Hypo's are there nearly impossible to ID when they have the pattering that yours has or mine has since so many have that pattern and are normally ID by the location they were collected from. But yeah a pic of the dorsal fin will quickly identify if its a Ptergoplichthys which I highly doubt or a Hypostomus.
That's the problem with common names - they can apply to several species, especially ones as similar as plecos.
But you are right that we need to see that dorsal fin to make a better guess.
You could very well be correct.:huh:
Ian
But you are right that we need to see that dorsal fin to make a better guess.
You could very well be correct.:huh:
Ian
Yup common names are more confusing the figure out how to spell latin names for the first time. Even as a beginner hobbiest of pleco's several years back I always refered P. scrophus as Rhino pleco's and Albino P. pardalis as Chocolate pleco's but back then I didnt know it was an albino form of P.pardalis. Ive come a long way from back then but I still got a long way to go. Pterygoplichthys is my fav group but im begining to expand into other groups like Ancistrus and Panaque's. Im not so good at IDing them yet.
I will try to get a pic of the dorsal fin or at least a ray count. It likes to hide a lot. I had to pull the rock up to get that pic.
One thing that is unusual is the caudal fin is forked. Would that be a clue that it is a Hypostomus species? I didn't see any Pterygoplichthys on planet catfish with a forked caudal fin.
One thing that is unusual is the caudal fin is forked. Would that be a clue that it is a Hypostomus species? I didn't see any Pterygoplichthys on planet catfish with a forked caudal fin.
Yeah thats a good clue. None of the Ptery's got forked tails there all fanned shaped where as some Hypo's do have forked tails.
Here is a link to a blog I made on Myspace of my Hypostomus sp. Pics of it before I got it when I got it and from like 2 weeks ago
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=321841293&blogId=539549058
Here is a link to a blog I made on Myspace of my Hypostomus sp. Pics of it before I got it when I got it and from like 2 weeks ago
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=321841293&blogId=539549058