Wich L ?

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Wich L ?

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This fish is not mine, but i ask this for a friend.

Some people say it is a L136, but i don't know ??

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Another pic :

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Colour looks wrong, but maybe?
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That''s what i set as well.
But i don't know for sure.
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:) I would be very suprised to see a real L136 attached to a piece of zuchinni!!! :D
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It looks more like a Scobinancistrus species show us a pic on the mouth and teeths and we may solve your problem.

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A shot of the mouth will help a lot.

Doesn't look quite right for .

I'd agree with Martin. Also could be a young though....
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Hi,
this fish looks very much like Scobinancistrus sp. l 133. Like Janne said, a picture of the mooth and the teeth will help.
Scobinancistrus mouth:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=3769

Hypancistrus mouth:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... age_id=173

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this fish looks very much like Scobinancistrus sp. l 133
So it does, although only pictures of a fish out of water to compare to.
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Here are 2 pictures of the mouth :

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Maybe this wil help, the fish was sold as a L004
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So, not Hemiancistrus or Baryancistrus then.

An even closer view of the teeth will tell us if its Hypancistrus or Scobiancistrus...
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bennyvis wrote:Maybe this wil help, the fish was sold as a L004
Sorry ,but thats not true. I`ll buy them as L 368 .
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Sorry ,but thats not true. I`ll buy them as L 368 .
The spotting is uniform on L368, but L133 shows smaller head spots, consistent with bennyvis' fish.
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Nico wrote:Sorry ,but thats not true. I`ll buy them as L 368 .
The fish pictures above is not L368 but I would agree with L133 and both are Scobinancistrus species, but if there are several species in the shop the others can be real L368 because L133 is quite rare in the hobby.
This one could have been mixed in with L368 at the export facility and they cant see the different, mistakes is made quite often.

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It's not my fish, but Nico's

Sorry for the mistake about the L004 and L368.

I think it's L133 then, the picture's i find of that fish look similar.
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bennyvis wrote:It's not my fish, but Nico's

Sorry for the mistake about the L004 and L368.

I think it's L133 then, the picture's i find of that fish look similar.
Geeft niet hoor ,waar vind ik een foto van L 133 of kan jij er mij een laten zien.Hij staat niet in de database
(Dosn`t matter ,where can i find a pic of L133 or can you show me one,it`s not in the database)
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Dosn`t matter ,where can i find a pic of L133 or can you show me one,it`s not in the database
There are only a couple of pictures in DATZ and Aqualog, and these are of a fish out of water. These seem to match, but I know of no other pictures.

Perhaps one of the German plec sites?
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Someone on a aquariumforum found a link with pics of de L 133 Scobonansistrus sp Rio Tapajos magnum
http://www.u2u.idv.tw/stone/htm-e/PLECO ... Magnum.htm

It`s 100% lookalike.
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If everyone agrees, then I'm sure Jools would love to have these pictures in the cat-elog.

email them to webmaster@planetcatfish.com

Also, the above link does not work because PC stars out the "e" in pleco. Just replace the "e" and it works fine.

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racoll wrote:If everyone agrees, then I'm sure Jools would love to have these pictures in the cat-elog.

email them to webmaster@planetcatfish.com

Also, the above link does not work because PC stars out the "e" in pl*co. Just replace the "e" and it works fine.

:D
Although I don't think Nico owns the pictures.

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Re: Wich L ?

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I finally got an activation email so can post myself.. thanx Bennyvis for doing that for me so far!

The link, http://www.u2u.idv.tw/stone/htm-e/pleco ... Magnum.htm (with *=e) is in fact part of the gallery of this website: http://www.basilaqua.com.tw. They have an email address so if Jools wants those pictures he can ask them I guess.

The pictures in the link match the L that Bennyvis posted for me very well. But I am really not an expert and I assume it is L133 because they called it like that. I leave it up to you people to decide/judge! :wink:
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