Colombian Pleco ID

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Colombian Pleco ID

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Which Colombian plecos are these? All of them are about 2 inches long on these photos.
They are all wild caught from Colombia. No idea which body of water.

Fish 1 (left side) and Fish 2 (right side):
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Fish 3:
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Re: Colombian Pleco ID

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Not sure about 1 and 2 but fish 3 appears to be a flash pleco (l204)
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Re: Colombian Pleco ID

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Fish one and two are the same thing, probably a species of
Hypostomus
. Given its from a Columbian export, fish three would be
Panaqolus maccus
.

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Re: Colombian Pleco ID

Post by racoll »

Looks like
Pterygoplichthys weberi
and
Panaqolus maccus
to me.
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