the ubiquitous otocinclus

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the ubiquitous otocinclus

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i love 'em.... paroto, oto, whatever.... pitbull, flexilis, bRING IT! i love these little guys. I just bought an otocinlus gibbosus... not finding much info.... any thgoughts?
also, my LFS brought in three parotos (as i can tell) called "yellow oto" (pale orange), "green oto" (a grey looking maculicauda), and one that i bought which they thought was a "spotted pitbull". its a gorgeous gold with dark spots, but identical in every other way to the paroto jumbo.
Panaque maccus LDA22
Panaque nigrolineatus L190
Ancistrinae L200 - "Spotted Green"
Ancistrinae L239 - "Blue Panaque"
Hisonotus leucofrenatus - "Niger Oto"
Otocinclus flexilis
Otocinclus arnoldi (vittatus????)
Parotocinclus maculicauda - "Red Finned Oto"
Parotocinclus jumbo LDA25 - "Pitbull"
Hypancistrus zebra L046 - "Zebra"
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Never heard of O.Gibbosus,Do you have a pic available ?
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Awesome oto,Thanks for the picture HH :)
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That's an Otocinclus?????
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OK, checked Eschmeyer: "Generic placement uncertain".
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