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The smallest pleco?
Posted: 17 Jan 2009, 12:13
by crocodile_pleco
I wonder that for a long time
. Which pleco is the smallest one?
What about its profile? what do they eat etc.
Is there anyone who keep it?
Re: The smallest pl*co?
Posted: 17 Jan 2009, 14:32
by Silurus
Which pl*co is the smallest one?
Probably
Parotocinclus aripuanensis.
Re: The smallest pl*co?
Posted: 21 Jan 2009, 03:42
by exasperatus2002
With the exception of the stingray pleco (not a real pleco), I only use the term pleco of it has the typical "pleco" features...body armour, large mouth for clinging to the glass, dorsal & pectoral spikes. Farlowella, chinese algae eaters & such I wouldnt call a pleco.
Re: The smallest pl*co?
Posted: 21 Jan 2009, 23:06
by Jools
exasperatus2002 wrote:body armour, large mouth for clinging to the glass, dorsal & pectoral spikes
Parotocinclus aripuanensis has all these things
There aren't really any rules as such for calling something a pleco, I think in this post it has been taken as shorthand for saying loricariidae.
Jools
Re: The smallest pl*co?
Posted: 22 Jan 2009, 00:05
by Mike_Noren
For what it's worth... I've seen a ?Nannoptopoma and what looked like a minute Otocinclus for sale which I'd say were about 20 mm TL. I didn't recognize the species, but they looked adult to me, so it is possible there are more species of about the same size as P. aripuanensis.