hypostomus punctatus ???

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Luske
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hypostomus punctatus ???

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my mom bought two of those as "common suckermouth catfish" :roll:

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they ar both 75-80 millimetres long

i tried to search tha net but the closest or most lookalike cat was hypostomus punctatus ?? (not sure about correct spelling ) or am i wrong ? im a complete catfishnoob

regards Luske
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Post by mallemalle »

that's an Liposarcus pardalis with the trade name "common plecostomus"

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... c/88_f.php

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Post by Yann »

Hi!

Yeap it is a

It grows quite large so better have the big tank to house them...

Otherwise trade them for something else such as Ancistrus spp

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Post by Luske »

weee :D :D

thanks alot MalleMalle & yannfulliquet :wink:

just the info i needed

Luske
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