Help IDing this pleco

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 12 Apr 2018, 04:42

A friend of mine from my LFS sent me a photo asking for an ID and I'm stumped even though I think it looks similar to an imperial ranger the color is a little different and the dorsal fin shape is completely wrong

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 12 Apr 2018, 05:02

Dorsal fin has too few rays for .

Maybe ?

Cheers, Eric

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 12 Apr 2018, 05:04

well I got the story behind the fish a customer wants to trade it in but he doesn't know what it is either

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 12 Apr 2018, 05:16

am I right in thinking it has the high back of the Hypostomus Cochliodon group?

Kenneth Wong · Post by **Kenneth Wong** » 12 Apr 2018, 05:29

Maybe Hypostomus sp. (L227)

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 12 Apr 2018, 05:43

the L227 has nose flaps this one doesn't

Jobro · Post by **Jobro** » 12 Apr 2018, 10:16

He may want to take a look at his teeth?

Post by **Shane** » 12 Apr 2018, 12:58

-Shane

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 12 Apr 2018, 16:00

It might be the L050, why do you think it is that one? I was also thinking it kinda looked like an L166.

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 12 Apr 2018, 16:47

It might be the L050, why do you think it is that one? I was also thinking it kinda looked like an L166.

If you look at the caudal fin, has a dark lower lobe, while has a dark distal margin, like your fish.

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 13 Apr 2018, 04:06

racoll wrote: ↑12 Apr 2018, 16:47
It might be the L050, why do you think it is that one? I was also thinking it kinda looked like an L166.
If you look at the caudal fin,
Hypostomus carinatus
has a dark lower lobe, while
L050
has a dark distal margin, like your fish.

ok let me make sure I've got it right by translating it to layman, so on the tail of the just the lower portion is darker, while the tail of the has a darker portion along the back edge. Did I get it right?

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 13 Apr 2018, 11:27

so on the tail of the Hypostomus carinatus just the lower portion is darker, while the tail of the L050 has a darker portion along the back edge. Did I get it right?

Exactly right!

thefredpit · Post by **thefredpit** » 14 Apr 2018, 04:09

Yay do I get a prize =)

Thomas1209 · Post by **Thomas1209** » 18 Apr 2018, 11:12

Reminds me of Cochliodon Hondae. Don't know much about the bigger plecos, but definitely looks like the google images lol.

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