What Pleco is this?? Never seen til now...

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What Pleco is this?? Never seen til now...

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Hello forum, I hope someone here can tell me what fish I´ve bought. At the first moment I thought about L 056 in yellow, but it isn´t. I got him as Peckoltia spec. with other fishes in a used tank. Because I`ve never seen him before, can you tell me the L-number and if its a rare thing and whats his worth?


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Hi!

Difficult to say with such picture!!
How big is it?
Any chance to make a pic while the fish is in the water. Out of water pictures show stressfull fish...
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My immediate thought was that it's some sort of Hypostomus specie, but the picture isn't great for determining body shape. A side on view and perhaps also a top view would be good.

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It looks like some kind of Parancistrus to me.
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Post by a.d.wood »

Hi there,

My first thought was Orange Seam (L076), body shape and colouration look fairly similar to what I have in the tank just now

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It looks like a rubber pleco to me, but like previously stated. Try to get a picture of the fish when it is in the water, as many fish change coloration when stressed and could mislead us in our identification.
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Doesn't seem to have the fleshy hard rays of parancistrus. Personally, I tihnk it's a hypostomus as well, but again, it's hard to say with the picture at hand.
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Post by Yann »

Hi!

Sorry but tit can't be an Hypostomus as the fish clearly show interopercular odontodes...

The Parancistrus id is quite good, the overall shape quite fit well...

the only thing that bother me is the red edge on the dorsal fin...

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Post by Yann »

HI!

By looking at the pictures of
Peckoltia sp(L076)
it quite match yours... you msut have a nearly full grown specimen!!

A little edit:
I saw picutres of
Peckoltia sp(L265)
which is a better fit for you fish, L76 has a yellow seam, while L265 has a more orange/red seam...

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i would say a parancistrus
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"Sorry but tit can't be an Hypostomus as the fish clearly show interopercular odontodes... "

Ah, true. Sorry, I didn't notice them.

At least from this angle, the dorsal fin does not appear to meet the adipose, however, so I'm unsure as to whether it is still a parancistrus.
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