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I think a real

But I can't tell you what species

Wasn't there a thread a while back illustrating a VERY similar fish as a young pterygoplichthys?

Not a fish I've ever seen. How big is it? If it's quite small, it's quite likely a juvenile form of something that may look a bit different when it grows bigger. Some variants closely related to "common pleco" changes dramatically from juvenile form to adult form.

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Mats

Hi,

I´ll take a very risky bet on this one a say it´s a very young P. punctatus. Some juvenile pictures:
http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... 705/cat/28

Cheers, Sandor

P.S.: Guess that what you meant, Richard?

Nice one Sandor - i might have meant ?

Richard B wrote:Wasn't there a thread a while back illustrating a VERY similar fish as a young pterygoplichthys?

There may have been-I havent been on in a while. A member from a local forum bought this fish as unknown and others thought it was gibbiceps. It is quite small 1.5" or so TL. Doesnt look like small gibbiceps to me so I figured I'd throw it out to see what others thought.

pic 5 maybe




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I think Richard found it...

Hey, Milton (Suckermouth) pointed the way in the previous thread

And before that it was someone else that pointed it out to me, though I forget who in particular.

Sure, we all learn from each other. That's how learning works, for the most part. If we all had learn on our own, it would take MUCH, MUCH longer.

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Mats