Bought this as just "king tiger pleco"

[Newguy5]

Can anyone tell me what L # this is? I've heard alot of talk about different #'s for the king tiger. Thanks in advance

[racoll]

Strictly speaking, the

King Tiger Pleco

is

Hypancistrus sp(l066)

, but people tend to call these things whatever they feel like, or whatever they think they will command a better price as.

Your fish is too young to confidently ID, unfortunately, but I can't see a reason why it's not

L066

. Perhaps people on the forum who have bred these can offer a more informed opinion?

Hope this helps.

[racoll]

Does look a bit like

Hypancistrus debilittera

though ...

[Newguy5]

I picked it up for $19.99. Thought that was a pretty good deal. Pretty pleco!

[Newguy5]

I looked at the pics of the debillitera. Definitely not it

[Newguy5]

I'll post some better pics soon

[Newguy5]

Here is a couple better pics

[magdalo]

Definitely a Hypan but a little too young to determine what type.

[Newguy5]

So it's not a King Tiger is what your saying?

[panaque]

No, he's saying it is a species in the genus

Hypancistrus

but the specimen is too young to determine which species of Hypancistrus. Young

Hypancistrus sp(l066)

(aka King Tiger) have a pattern that looks a lot like that of

Hypancistrus debilittera

. To my eye the length of the tail fin points more towards L066 but I am no expert on

Hypancistrus

so don't take my word for it.

[Narwhal72]

Did you get this fish at the Green Water Swap on Sunday?

If so I believe the dealer was selling them as L 66. However when young many Hypancistrus look alike and it can be hard to tell the difference between L66, L333, and Hypancistrus debilittera.

Andy

[Newguy5]

I will keep update pics coming. And no I got this at one of my local fish shops for 19.99 as locally raised King Tiger Pleco. Also got a queen arabesque too. Here's a pic of it

[Newguy5]

Update pics. Now people think it is a Colombian chocolate zebra

[MatsP]

Chocolate colombian zebra (or some similar combination of those words) is used quite often for both

Hypancistus debilittera

(L129) and

L340

.

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Mats

[Barbie]

In the US, it's actually usually

Hypancistrus sp(l270)

.

Barbie

[plecoboy]

Could be a L333, but my L66 look really yellow at that age too. When it gets bigger you'll know for sure.

[m1ke715m]

i would agree that its not L-66, in L-66 the white and black bars are pretty equal in young fish your fish the black is more prominent

young L-66

[Newguy5]

Update pic. Still only about 1.5-2"

[MatsP]

I still think it's one of the Colombian fishes. L129, L270 or L340.

They are quite hard to separate unless you know where it was caught.

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Mats