Bull nosed plec?

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Bull nosed plec?

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In my LFS i have seen some juvenile plecs labelled 'Bullnosed Plec'. They are very similar in shape to the bulldog plec in the Cat-eLog (large beefy head, similar dorsal and tail) but completely lacking in spots.

Do the spots appear as they mature? Does anyone know the correct name? or have any knowledge of this plec?...

... as im very tempted but need to know a bit more before i buy.

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Thanks for the reply

Yeh, kind of - well, exactly the same shape but the ones in my LFS are a very uniform pale grey colour - i asked the owner how long they had been in and he said 2weeks so can we say that stress is the cause of the paleness and is http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /318_f.php the fish?
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Does anyone know if there are commerial breeding of Chatetostoma's. I was at my local petsmart getting dog food when I noticed a tank with 30 1" Chatetostoma sp. I bought 5 of them. Has anyone had louck breeding these.
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