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L-168: a fish with many names?

Posted: 27 Dec 2005, 00:07
by fishboy23
I'm hoping you pleco experts can help me with this.
I will be getting (tomorrow) 2 L-168 plecos. I looked them up on this site, and they are called Dekeyseria brachyura. Aqualog calls them Peckoltia Pulcher, and Datz (?, it's a friend's book) calls them something (not either of the earlier mentioned genera) brachyura. What is this fish exactly? I'm told it is called a butterfly pleco. Any specific things I should know about them, that I didn't read in the Cat-eLog?
Thanks,
Gary

Posted: 27 Dec 2005, 00:17
by Silurus
The correct name is Dekeyseria brachyura. Aqualog identified the fish incorrectly, and Zonancistrus (the name used in DATZ) is a synonym of Dekeyseria.