Common River Pleco?

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Common River Pleco?

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Hello people!
I´m Claudio, and I live in São Paulo State - Brazil.
Today, I went to my Local fish store and saw a beatifull 30cm pleco, identified as "Common River Pleco" with a really unexpensive price tag.

Brought home.

Since it has 6 Dorsal fin rays, I discarted the pterygoplichthys genus - And the Hypostomus is the most likely to be the right one.

Can you guys tell me witch species is this?

The "Common River Pleco"
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zVvQV1KTfpxaiqaU9
Size:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/VbuxQswZKtxjdNDs5
Eye:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AsDuoat9t7mLFTkz7
Mouth:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kAqBpbtEVMPksebn6

Video:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jZG1M7fgZPwfKxHj8
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Re: Common River Pleco?

Post by Jools »

Cool fish. I'd go for not sure about the dorsal ray count, but it seems to generally match in colouration, but more over it's a more elongate species with a rounded head profile.

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