Which Violet butterfly Pleco is this?

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Which Violet butterfly Pleco is this?

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Folks, any help / clue in identifying this pleco?
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Re: Which Violet butterfly Pleco is this?

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That's not a pleco, it's a sea robin or gurnard of the family Triglidae. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_robin.

Plecos (family Loricariidae) do not live in the sea, and neither to most of their close relatives.
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Re: Which Violet butterfly Pleco is this?

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Thanks very much!

Nothing worths more than speaking to an expert!!! :-) :-D
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