Pterygoplichthys ID

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Dalek Tzet
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Pterygoplichthys ID

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I'm 99.9% sure he's a Pterygoplichthys, and he was sold to me as a "common" pleco, but which flavor of Pterygoplichthys he is eludes me, he has a reticulated belly, but doesn't quite resemble the pictures of disjunctivus that the cat-elog suggests as a common mix-up. He's 7" from tip to tip.
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Re: Pterygoplichthys ID

Post by Silurus »

Your fish is
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
. Most of the pictures in the Cat-eLog are of large adults, which may explain the difference you are seeing.
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Dalek Tzet
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My cats species list: 17 (i:11, k:0)
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Spotted: 10
Location 1: Almost to close to the train, to far from the lake.
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Interests: Fish, reading, video games

Re: Pterygoplichthys ID

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thanks
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