Help id little pleco- wild import

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Help id little pleco- wild import

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Hey guys! I am back with another puzzle for those more experienced than myself.
I recently imported fish from Peru again, and surprise surprise, I have no idea what this little ditty is. They are pretty tiny and were imported as a Parotocinclus, no adipose though. Can anyone give me a starting place to look and see what they are?
I know these pictures are abyssmal, I will get better ones tomorrow, as these fish are en route to me now (these are the exporters images).
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Maybe baby panaque of some type?
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Well, I'm not an expert on loricariids by any means, but these reminded me of very young . Compare them to the pictures of very small , for example.
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ugh, i really hope not. Those get larger than I want in this fish room.
I will post better pictures after I have them tomorrow.
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He,

sure that they don't have an adipose? They look like what is sold as "Ranger Pleco" from Columbia, and normally these turn out to be G./P. punctatus. For sure not a Parotocinclus.


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I won't know anything for sure until I get them tomorrow- that is just what the exporter told me (about adipose). I will get decent pics of side, top, and bottom tomorrow when they arrive.
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The guys above are spot on. I'm 99.9% sure this is a bambino of some sort, I'm 95% sure it's .

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ha, just my luck. Thanks guys. I will still update with better pictures tomorrow. WTF am I, who likes nano fish, going to do with 70 fish that get to 7" LOL. Any clue on a retail value?
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Got sumps? :-)

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haha, no! Air driven filtration with a central pump. This is what I get for trying to get more parotos! LOL
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msjinkzd wrote:ha, just my luck. Thanks guys. I will still update with better pictures tomorrow. WTF am I, who likes nano fish, going to do with 70 fish that get to 7" LOL. Any clue on a retail value?
In Europe we once had a batch of similar fish. They sold for more than Pterogoblichthys gibbiceps - and rightfully. After all, they don't get that big, and are therefore much more suitable for the average tank.

Unfortunately, it was only that once. I got 5 out of them,which are now ~20 cm. Only 20 cm I should say
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Here are pictures, now that they are in my possession
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you might be able to count the rays in the dorsal - above 8 it is Pterogoblichthys, and I'm rather certain the count will be that high

But as stated, assuming it is not one of the larger species, there should be a market for them.

incidentally, I do like how they look
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That's a really attractive little pleco. Too bad they don't stay that way.

I do have some big tanks that they would fit in. Let me know when you get pricing as I might be interested in a few.

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yea, i really wish they stayed this little and attractive, lol. I will list them up once I qt them. They are very cute, right now. Just not really my market demographic!
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