Unknown Pleco

[fishman33437]

What am I?

[Bas Pels]

I think a real

Peckoltia

But I can't tell you what species

[Richard B]

Wasn't there a thread a while back illustrating a VERY similar fish as a young pterygoplichthys?

[MatsP]

Not a fish I've ever seen. How big is it? If it's quite small, it's quite likely a juvenile form of something that may look a bit different when it grows bigger. Some variants closely related to "common pleco" changes dramatically from juvenile form to adult form.

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Mats

[Borbi]

Hi,

I´ll take a very risky bet on this one a say it´s a very young P. punctatus. Some juvenile pictures:
http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... 705/cat/28

Cheers, Sandor

P.S.: Guess that what you meant, Richard?

[Richard B]

Nice one Sandor - i might have meant

Pterygoplichthys weberi

?

[fishman33437]

Wasn't there a thread a while back illustrating a VERY similar fish as a young pterygoplichthys?

There may have been-I havent been on in a while. A member from a local forum bought this fish as unknown and others thought it was gibbiceps. It is quite small 1.5" or so TL. Doesnt look like small gibbiceps to me so I figured I'd throw it out to see what others thought.

[Richard B]

Pterygoplichthys weberi

pic 5 maybe




[Mod edit: Add image inline --Mats]

[MatsP]

I think Richard found it...

[Richard B]

Hey, Milton (Suckermouth) pointed the way in the previous thread

[Suckermouth]

And before that it was someone else that pointed it out to me, though I forget who in particular.

[MatsP]

Sure, we all learn from each other. That's how learning works, for the most part. If we all had learn on our own, it would take MUCH, MUCH longer.

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Mats