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Faramir
01-23-2003, 9:04 AM
Can anyone ID my plec for me? It was sold as a gibbiceps, but it doesn't look like the ones in the book.
The tail (not clear in the photo) is concave.
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/karl_thornley
OrionGirl
01-23-2003, 10:30 AM
There aren't any pics in the album...
:)
Slappy*McFish
01-23-2003, 11:24 AM
^Indeed
Faramir
01-23-2003, 11:27 AM
Try it now!
OrionGirl
01-23-2003, 11:45 AM
Slightly lighter color, but otherwise it looks like the ones on PlanetCatfish that are sub-adults.
Not an expert, though.
looks a lot like a Sailfin
clayt101
01-23-2003, 6:38 PM
Looks like a Gibbiceps pleco (sailfin). It may get very large;)
Faramir
01-24-2003, 3:11 AM
Yep. Come to the conclusion that the picture in Baensch is the odd one.
And yes, it's going to get large :rolleyes: ..... As you can see in the pic, it already bulldozes my Vallis.....
They tried to tell me when I got it that they only got to 6". I knew that wasn't true - I expected about a foot. Seems it might well get bigger than that...
FishBait
01-24-2003, 10:15 AM
This is the most common "variety" of gibbiceps I see. There's like 4-5 different ones that are called gibbiceps, like the royals. I dunno, but I doubt they are all the same specie.
clayt101
01-24-2003, 8:20 PM
When I went to an LFS in Houston, they had one (same variety) that must have been at least 2 ft long and had to weigh around 15 lbs. It was the largest I had ever seen.