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Hey guys!
I need an id of this fella please.

Looks more like the clown plec, to me.

What do you think?

You might be right!
Is that i have been checking the aqualog book and for me it looks like the L103 but there are so many that looks like him.
The lfs also said it's called Vittata.
I will see if i can get some better pics of him now as he is not stressed out.
Thanks

It does look similar to L103, but a photo close up of his mouth will see if he is a or not.

Panaque maccus is a much more common export though.

Often Panaque maccus is sold as Peckoltia vittata.

A few newer pics of the fella.
I didn't manage to get a closer picture since he is hiding and very careful to get out in the open.
He do spend a lot of time under and on the wood.

Body shape looks like Panaque, so it's P. maccus or one of the very close relatives, I'd say. To repeat Racoll's statement, a shot of the mouth (from "below") would say for certain, as the teeth are one of the "keys" to identification.

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Mats

Okey then,Iam buying a new plec today and it's the same plec as on the pictures above.I will then take pics of his mouth as requested Btw..is it a male i have?

Unfortunately, I can't tell the sex from these pictures. Males have pretty well-defined "bristles" on the back of the body, if they are in good condition - easy to tell. But if they are stressed and recently imported, they may not show much of that.

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Mats

The last few photos resemble juvenile L204's. Note: Resembles; my P. maccus have never shown the same crisp dark brown and cream banded pattern.
The first; P. maccus.

Larry, I agree, the latter pictures are more L204 than P. maccus, but I thought it was all the same fish, which was why I said what I said. I've been wrong before, so this could be another time I'm wrong.

Let's see what the next fish looks like.

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Mats

Hi!!

This is a Panaque maccus without hesitation

Cheers
Yann

robby1619 wrote:You might be right!
Is that i have been checking the aqualog book and for me it looks like the L103 but there are so many that looks like him.
The lfs also said it's called Vittata.
I will see if i can get some better pics of him now as he is not stressed out.
Thanks

I call my avatar pleco Peckoltia vitta. It could be any number of similar species but I decided probabilities favored P. vittata.

I do see differences between the OP's fish and L204. L204 are more elongated. The latter photos show especially well marked specimens of P. maccus.

Will these pics help?
It was the best i could get of them.

Looks more like:

than


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Mats