Otocinclus

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Otocinclus

Post by mummymonkey »

I've had my little suckers for about 10 years. What are they? Maybe
Otocinclus hoppei
?

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CarlDeller
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Re: Otocinclus

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It looks a lot like mine and they are
Otocinclus macrospilus
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Re: Otocinclus

Post by Durlänger »

CarlDeller wrote:It looks a lot like mine and they are
Otocinclus macrospilus
Let´s better say you think/bought yours are/as O. macrospilus. Got pics, then start your own identification-topic.

The two species mentioned are very very similar. And there could be/are more look-a-likes.
Easyest way to tell them apart is to know were they came from.
The not so easy way is to look into the genus revision by Schaefer from 1997 plus newer descriptions of all Otocinclus and compering with the fish you have :-b but that would become some kind of work to get there :-
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