Help ID my catfish

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Hursty
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Help ID my catfish

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Hi everyone,

Can someone please help ID my catfish. I recently brought a gorgeous catfish that I absolutely love. I was sold it as a snowball pleco but I know that it probably isn’t. I have had an ID on another site but was just wondering if I would get the same result here, I’ll let you all know if my answers match. Anyway, I hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance,

Hursty
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Post by Acanthicus »

Hi

Thats not a Snowball, which normally turns out as L 142, but Scobinancistrus aff. pariolispos, likely L 48. Is it coloured darker sometimes? On a dark gravel it will turn darker as well.
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Post by smitty »

don't be mad that it is not a snowball because what you have is an awesome pleco. I actually would prefer him over the snowball.
150gal- No Plecos; 3 AC 110 P.Filters; 2 AC P.Heads; Eheim2217, 2260
180gal- Plecos (9): L001/L022 (1M), L023, L083/L165, L137, L190, Rhino (1M, 1F), Trinidad (2); 3 AC 110 P.Filters; 2 AC 110 P.Heads; Eheim 2217,2260; Fluval FX5
210gal- Plecos (5): L014 (2), L050; 4 AC P.Filters; 2AC P.Heads; Eheim 2250,2262; Fluval FX5;
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Thanks for your help guys. I’m not mad at all, I think it’s a gorgeous fish. I got a slightly different answer in the other website but only very slightly, someone ID’d as scobinancistrus L368. But I think L48 is more accurate from what I can tell.
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Hi

L 368 is a very similar species, but from what I can tell comparing mine with your specimen, it is not a L 368. Especially in state of stress colouration, it's hard to tell since both (and S. pariolispos as well) show a brownish base colouration and resemble each other very much.
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Does anyone know how long this fish will take to reach full size?
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