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These came in as Ancistrus dolichopterus, which they are clearly not. They are about 3cm. I have no idea where they come from, I'm waiting at the wholesalers reply.










These are a little bigger, +- 4,5cm and came in as A. hoplogenis. I think they could be the same species as the others.

I Think is L-357

Bijn,
Have a look at and tell us what you think.
-Shane

Both suggested species show similarities and differences.

L357:
+same pattern in the fins
+little space between the spots
-L357 has smaller spots

L309:
+big spots
-L309 has more space between the spots
-The Ancistrus we try to ID has no spots on the belly wich you can't see on the pics posted here

On a dutch forum someone suggested , I don't think that's a match.


What about ?

On a dutch forum someone suggested Ancistrus brevifilis, I don't think that's a match.

I collected 1,000s of those in Venezuela and they are, unfortunately, not your fish.
-Shane

According to the wholesaler these are from Peru, further information should follow.

isn't this the species they call Ancistrus sp. 'Wabenmuster' in germany? in the US they call it A. sp. 'Honeycomb' I think...

DutchFry wrote:isn't this the species they call Ancistrus sp. 'Wabenmuster' in germany? in the US they call it A. sp. 'Honeycomb' I think...

They look similar but mine (actually they are at my work) have not a patterned belly, also the distribution doesn't fit. These are from Peru, A. sp. "honeycomb" is from Brazil.

Here is a pic from the belly:

I received some info from the wholesaler:

The ones that should be dolichopterus are from the Itaya river.
The others are from the Ucayali river.

Nice Fish. My money would be on .

sunfish wrote:Nice Fish. My money would be on

Ancistrus tamboensis

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I'd tend to agree.

Jools

What about the belly pattern?

Bijn wrote:What about the belly pattern?

I don't know if this is a characteristic or not. I've just ordered the species description and will see if that offers any clues.

Jools

Ok, so it's not .

Jools