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this catfish is sold to me as a ancistrus dolichopterus but i'm not sure about it anymore he;s 15 cm now and has strange signs over his body. Can somebody tell me the real name or if it is just a normal ancistrus dolichopterus

it's definitely not an L-183. I don't even think it's an ancistrus. Your photo is not focused, so I cannot tell, but does it have a bristlenose?

I'm thinking it's just a common pleco.

no it has no brestles and sorry for the not focused picktures i ,made them with my mobile phone

btw he eats out of my hand

Definitely not. Does appear to be a Ancistrus sp. still, probably a female. Not a "Common" pleco.

Lornek8 wrote:Definitely not. Does appear to be a Ancistrus sp. still, probably a female. Not a "Common" pl*co.

Agreed, with some minor adjustments:
- Not A. dolichopterus
- definitely Ancistrus
- definitely female (at a length of 15 cms)
- and - indeed - no common
The markings on the head look pretty nice btw.

thnx all for ur responses i'm new on the forum and i already like it up here

but u dudes are sure its not an ancistrus and not an common pleco

i hope someone can tell me name or Lnmmr

in the evening i shall try to make some pictures and post them up here. maybe i cant post them tonight but i try to otherwise tomorrow

thanx all

i readed it wrong u dudes are sure its an ancistrus

I agree that it's an Ancistrus. I suspect it's . If you can get a clear picture when the fish is settled in the tank, that would help.

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Mats

i made some new picca's of trhe ancistrus and i still dont have a clue what it can be. it doesnt have any spots

i know 2 things for sure:
- its a female
- its an ancistrus


HEAD of my ancistrus





i hope u can give me some more information

(srry for bad quality of picca's i made them with my mobile phone )

You live very near to my place. May I ask where you bought this fish?

i dotn know i bought my aquarium from other people in eindhoven. so i dont know it 100% but i guess heevis u can come to take a look a time is u want 2 add me on msn then we'll talk about that further ;)

I don't "do" msn, but you can send me a PM if you want to (in Dutch ).

blue eyes like peppermint but the skin is like a common bristlenose?

homeownage wrote:blue eyes like peppermint but the skin is like a common bristlenose?

The eyes on common bristlenose can look a bit blue at certain angles. I still think that is what it is.

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Mats

homeownage* yes it has peppermint blue eyes but it has no brestles on his snaut, and he has strange marks on its ski. ive never seen this kind of mark on a ancistrus.

It has stress markings, and it looks just like my adult female [depending on mood, sometimes it shows stress markings, at other times not].

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Mats

ow ok

but it still has no spots on the body and almost all ancistrus have little sports on the body.