ID This Mystery pleco Please

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monkiecat
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ID This Mystery pleco Please

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Hi all..

Was advertised as a clown plec ages & ages ago but we knew it wasnt a clown so took it.Can anyone shed any light on what it mabye? possible L340 mega clown mabye? but i have a megaclown and it's similar but im just not 100% sure.Any help would be greatly appreciated..

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Hi!!

the eyes look too small to be L340!!

Any chance for a pic of the mouth
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Definitely a Hypancistrus. Perhaps a Jari Zebra Pleco or Debillitera.
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Looks like
Hypancistrus debilittera
to me
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The.Dark.One wrote:Looks like
Hypancistrus debilittera
to me
+1 for L129 Hypancistrus debilittera
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geminiluna wrote:
The.Dark.One wrote:Looks like
Hypancistrus debilittera
to me
+1 for L129 Hypancistrus debilittera
I am in for this ID as well, looked just like the group I used to keep!
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The.Dark.One wrote:Looks like
Hypancistrus debilittera
to me

Plus one.
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