Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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George,

That's great, do you need help? Meantime, check out
Panaque bathyphilus


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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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Hi Jools,

Nice Panaque!

Is that related to Pleco Papa L090 from Peru?

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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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L090 is P. bathyphilus.

Your fish looks like a
Pseudacanthicus
of some sort. Not quite sure which.

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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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Looks like
Pseudacanthicus sp(l273)
. Nice fish.
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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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When they were smaller, I thought they were small L24 or L25, although they came out of Columbia, rather than Belem, Brasil. In the last couple weeks, they really started turning YELLOW.

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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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although they came out of Columbia, rather than Belem, Brasil.
That's because they are illegal to export from Brazil (I think?).
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Re: Yellow LyreTail Pleco

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Might be
Pseudacanthicus sp(5)
but I'm not sure about what that is, so I'd go for
L273
. Yes, they are illegal to import into the US albeit rather difficult to enforce. Search the forum for Lacey Act for more info.

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