Please help me identify my Mystery Plecostomus

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Please help me identify my Mystery Plecostomus

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I got this guy (or gal... not sure yet...) a couple weeks ago from my local fish store. I saw it in the bottom of one of the tanks and asked what it was and how much. The owner said it came in with the Clown Plecos but he knew it wasn't a Clown, but wasn't sure what it was. He sold it to me for the price of a Clown Pleco, so it was inexpensive, but I'm curious none the less. I only have pictures of it while he was in the bag, but I think they'll do. If not, I can try to get better pics. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Re: Please help me identify my Mystery Plecostomus

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Thinking maybe or .

Nice find.
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Re: Please help me identify my Mystery Plecostomus

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I think it could be

[Mod edit: Update to use CLOG tags --Mats]
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Post by racoll »

Good call. That's the guy. Was looking for him in , but couldn't find what I thought I was looking for!

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i think it might be an too
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i would say I am 98% sure its L127!
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Re: Please help me identify my Mystery Plecostomus

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AleGer wrote:I think it could be

[Mod edit: Update to use CLOG tags --Mats]

Thank you very much! You rock!!! I don't see how it gets any closer to a perfect match than that!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Just started blogging about my experiences with this aquarium and breeding my plecos:

http://aquariumrox.blogspot.com/

42 Gal

1 King Tiger Pleco
1 Emperor Pleco
1 Snowball Pleco
1 Ancistrini sp(L127)
1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco
3 Dwarf Bristlenose Plecos (1 Male - Breeding 2 batches now - About 30 babies)
12 Bloodfin Tetras
6 Neons
5 Otocinclus
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Post by The.Dark.One »

Glaser are listing L127 as Hypostomus unae (Steindachner, 1878), but this is from Brazil, not Venezuela?
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