Possible L034?

[blu]

This pleco was sold to me as an L034, ancistrus rununculus. Is this really what it is? Non of the L34 pictures look like him. It also does not have any bristles and lacks the wide head of an L34. Plus it has those large nostrils and the two tone brown color. Any ideas?

thanks

[Dave Rinaldo]

Your pic cropped and turned.

Hypostomusc.jpg (40.99 KiB) Viewed 1358 times

Maybe

Pterygoplichthys scrophus

?

[Birger]

Compare yours to picture # 7 here

Pterygoplichthys scrophus

(as Dave already suggested)

Birger

[MatsP]

A. ranunculus is a very flat fish, which makes them relatively easy to identify. The head width is easily 3x the height of the fish.

--
Mats

[Acanthicus]

Maybe

Pterygoplichthys scrophus

?

Agree with this.

[blu]

Thanks for the replies, I will try to get a count on his/her dorsal, that seems like a good place to start in identifying this fish.

[MatsP]

Thanks for the replies, I will try to get a count on his/her dorsal, that seems like a good place to start in identifying this fish.

I don't think there is any doubt what your fish is, the big "nostrils" are a pretty good key for P. scrophus.

--
Mats

[Richard B]

Thanks for the replies, I will try to get a count on his/her dorsal, that seems like a good place to start in identifying this fish.

No need - the answer to the ID is in the posts above..

[blu]

I was able to count the dorsal rays and there is 13.

I know that P. scrophus was very likely as everyone here agreed on it, but there was no harm in checking the number on the dorsal...or at least I didn't think so..

[Richard B]

I was able to count the dorsal rays and there is 13.

I know that P. scrophus was very likely as everyone here agreed on it, but there was no harm in checking the number on the dorsal...or at least I didn't think so..

No offence intended - it looks like P Scrophus & the large nasal flaps are such as giveaway as to confirm it is.

[blu]

thanks everyone