What is my catfish? is it male or female?

[Savvas]

Hello people! I have 2 plecos that i have no idea what are they. The guy at the shop told me that is a kind that they will not become very big. So i want some help about what kind of catfish are, how to recognise the male and female and if i can breed them as easy as the Bristlenose Plecos.

[BullFishkeeping]

Those look like bristlenose plecos to me.

[Savvas]

Thanks for the reply! is it any dwarf type of bristlenose plecos?

[jac]

Ancistrus can be difficult to ID but I think yours could be

Ancistrus sp`rio_ucayali`

And it's a female ;)

[bekateen]

If the fins are colored an orange red tinge to their spots, then yes,

Ancistrus sp`rio_ucayali`

. If the fins aren't an orange-reddish color in the spots, then there are several other species of Ancistrus these could be.

Females have small bristles along the upper lip, like young males. You'll first recognize males when their bristles start to split, looking like a capital letter Y.

Cheers, Eric