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

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

Post by Tuti »

Hi everybody,

A few weeks ago I bought a nice pleco in store. They told me it's name was
Pseudolithoxus dumus
, 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:

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

Already thanks very much!
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Post by Reginator »

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...

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Post by sidguppy »

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.
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Post by Tuti »

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)...
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Post by Yann »

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!!
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Post by Judazzz »

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... :P

Anyways, here are some pics:
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