Sold as L244, but I'm not sure...

Tuti · Post by **Tuti** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:01

Hi everybody,

A few weeks ago I bought a nice pleco in store. They told me it's name was , also known as L244.

When I look in the cat-e-log I see the fish there has a very light color, much more lighter than the one that's swimming in my tank. My fish has a grey/blueish color.

In store they told me the fish was caught in Colombia. They haven't told me the exact place.

Look at the pic's of my fish:

Can anybody tell me if I have L244, or a different species?

Already thanks very much!

Reginator · Post by **Reginator** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:09

The colour and pattern is very much like my L.244, does it have the "feathery" leading edge to it's front fins? Here's a pic of mine to compare colour...

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 11 Sep 2006, 16:19

could be a female!

only the males have those bristly pectoral spines.....
because that species is caught for that characteristic, quite often a shipment is only males

same with some batches of rare adult WC Ancistrus species; the catchers go for the ones with a bristled nose, hence only males are imported.

Tuti · Post by **Tuti** » 14 Sep 2006, 19:12

Your pictures look a bit similar to my fish, except that my one is a little bit darker. It has the feathery edge on it's frontal fins, but they are very small.

I think we have the same species, but I'm interested in the difference of colouring between the ones in the cat-log (yellow-brownish) and the species I have (dark grey)...

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 14 Sep 2006, 20:53

Hi!

I have this species also!!
Actually 2 individuals of my group (7) turned more yellow than the other... I suspect it to be a dominant coloration... as only the biggest fish show this colour and it is clearly the dominant individual!!
Cheers
Yann

Judazzz · Post by **Judazzz** » 18 Sep 2006, 08:59

Hey Tuti, what's up?
I just bought an L244 as well, and it looks a lot like yours. And I just read (in the Mergus Wels Atlas) that they are very rarely exported... guess not...

Anyways, here are some pics: