Mystery Plec ID help

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Simian
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Mystery Plec ID help

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I have just acquired this pretty boy..but what is he? definitely not a flat head gold nugget that he was being sold as :lol:

In thinking a psudancistris or similar but no pics that I can find match up.

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Jon
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my first thought was a pseudancistrine, though it could be a hopliancistrus.
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Re: Mystery Plec ID help

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It looks like a nice patterned
Hopliancistrus sp(l017)
to me, a few of them turns up in a odd pattern sometimes.

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