Goldspot bristlenose pleco???

Christina · Post by **Christina** » 15 May 2003, 02:35

Positive id anyone? I have a quad of these guys, 3f 1m. They were sold as goldspot bnose pleco's.

Thx.

Post by **Silurus** » 15 May 2003, 02:47

Female Ancistrus claro (LDA08)?

Christina · Post by **Christina** » 15 May 2003, 02:51

will check it out....I should have mentioned...the top two pics are of one fish, next pic is a diffrent fish, last pic is the one that should be a male.

Christina · Post by **Christina** » 15 May 2003, 03:02

it's a possibility, but not one I can say 100%. The pics in the gallery, those fish are more striped than mine, perhaps a diffrent colouration variation?

I can tell you one thing, the one that should be male, when I was getting him from the bag to the tank, he was very distraught and got me a good one with his gill spines. So I'm fairly confident one is in fact male. Or can females push out large gill spines as well?

Thx.

Post by **Silurus** » 15 May 2003, 03:11

Only male A. claro have that mottled pattern. The females have a pattern pretty much like your fish.

Christina · Post by **Christina** » 15 May 2003, 03:19

hmmmmmmmmm.
That is not what I wanted to hear...hmmmmm.
Perhaps mine are immature still?
i hope.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 16 May 2003, 07:05

Hi!

I doubt it is Ancistrus claro.
THe pattern is more like worms line than spot. THe mouth is a bit different from the common Ancistrus.
The belly is also immaculate.
I would say that you have a common Ancistrus species.
A. temmincki or something close.
Cheers
Yann

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 16 May 2003, 12:54

I think that its an L144 if im not mistaken. I got one of those by chance. So im not that sure

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 16 May 2003, 13:13

@plecomaniac definately not L144

this is L144

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 17 May 2003, 04:01

sory sory i meant L144a

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 22 May 2003, 19:01

Hi!

Ive made 2 pics of my fry. Around 2.5 cm now maybe 3.

Imho mouth looks different to the A.claro. And the mottled pattern only remains on the caudal base when the fish grows.

I just saw a similar baby in a shop with white not yellow pattern. Looked interesting indeed.

kgroenhoej · Post by **kgroenhoej** » 26 May 2003, 21:31

Christina: It's not A. Claro - looks like the common A. sp. (at least the common one here in Dk)
Caol_ila: I don't think your A. sp. is the same as Christina A. sp. - It looks more like L089

-Klaus

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 26 May 2003, 22:06

Might wonna check out the pics of the dad here
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopi ... highlight=

havent found any pics of L89 except the seidel pics in elog but it looks good...also for the seam of the caudal. Too bad i dont have a finshot of my male

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 27 May 2003, 20:30

Don't think it is A. claro, females do not have the high contrast pattern and certainly do not have the white fin tips on the caudal fin at any age. The fish look like immature "common" bristlenoses to me. This is the fish the hobby commonly refers to as Ancistrus temminicki and I have as A. sp(3) I think.

Jools