pleco type please

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pleco type please

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i have just seen some sucker mouyh cat fish in a lfs they are about 2 inches long chocolate brown in colour with 2 cream stripes down each side any ideas of type please
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What were they being sold as? What price? Have you checked the cat-elog?

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Sounds like a "Bruno" to me. Hypostomus cochliodon
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there was no name on the tank and the owner didnt know a scientific name he called them striped algea eaters £3.95 each.the two stripes ran along its body from head to tail.i cant find it in the cat-elog but ill keep looking ty all
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Hmmm...

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Maybe a striped raphael cat?
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yes friskey it did look like one of those thankyou.
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