Help with IDing this pleco

gehandylan · Post by **gehandylan** » 24 Dec 2017, 01:40

A friend in Europe is seeking assistance with IDing the Pleco in pics attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 24 Dec 2017, 01:54

They look small and young. I would be afraid to guess. But I imagine that eye size and position/orientation are helpful factors, besides colors.

Hopefully someone else with more experience can give an authoritative answer.

Good luck,
Eric

gehandylan · Post by **gehandylan** » 24 Dec 2017, 02:27

Thanks Eric. I was leaning towards L450, but I could be horribly wrong

reardons · Post by **reardons** » 24 Dec 2017, 02:57

Gehan,

They look a lot like really small L450's to me as well.

gehandylan · Post by **gehandylan** » 24 Dec 2017, 03:04

@reardons

Thanks very much.

Acanthicus · Post by **Acanthicus** » 24 Dec 2017, 05:29

Morning

Its definetely a Hypancistrus from Rio Xingu, but whether it is L 333, L450 or even sth else....nobody can tell from these pictures.

gehandylan · Post by **gehandylan** » 24 Dec 2017, 18:11

Thanks Daniel.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 24 Dec 2017, 23:30

WOW!! How far this has travelled!!! These fish were traded in , and are, at my LFS here in Austin Texas! He didn't remember the breeder he bought them from or what they were sold as!!!

gehandylan · Post by **gehandylan** » 25 Dec 2017, 04:07

@Dave Rinaldo

For some reason I thought that Cara Wade lived in the UK. When she was looking to get a positive ID of the fish in question on a FB Pleco forum, I offered to post them on planetcatfish.com. It has now come full circle. What a small world

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