tiger pleco

bussardnr · Post by **bussardnr** » 19 Oct 2005, 05:30

my lfs has whats labeled as tiger plecos. they look like Tiger ''Peckoltia''(Panaque sp. (L002)) but all the pictures here have straight lines on the head. a few of these had spots(or circles) on thier head. anyone have an idea what it is?

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 19 Oct 2005, 11:25

Hi!

a bunch of small Panaque are labelled as Tiger... basically every river system has its own dwarf Panaque species...

Have a look in the Cat-elog to see if any fit the description... maybe ask the LFS about the origin of the import to shortened the number ...

Cheers
Yann

bussardnr · Post by **bussardnr** » 19 Oct 2005, 13:30

they dont know anything about them. i tried the catelog but i couldnt find anything without lines on thier head.

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 19 Oct 2005, 13:46

Without a picture it will be impossible to even tell a close L Number...
Have you checked Panaque maccus?

Zebrapl3co · Post by **Zebrapl3co** » 19 Oct 2005, 20:56

I think most of the tiger pleco falls into the Panaque catagory. Check out this link to see if you have anything that looks like them :
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/g_27.php

panaque · Post by **panaque** » 20 Oct 2005, 10:12

There can be quite a bit variation within populations in the patterns of the head. It is also not unusual for stripes to turn into spots as the fish grows older.