help me identify this pleco please

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Zuffer_Hotz
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help me identify this pleco please

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Can u guys help me identify this pleco please
i just got it from the shop and i chose this pleco because it have long-fin
in the shop they put it in black tank and When i got back home i put this into blue tank then i saw the odd of this pleco .
It has solid red eyes like other royal but the color and pattern are weird.
The color is kind of green like dull eyes pleco !!!What do u think!!
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Re: help me identify this pleco please

Post by Acanthicus »

Hi,

thats a strange coloured Panaque nigrolineatus.
The eyes, the caudal fin endings and the head pattern show it.

If you can provide a good mouth shot we could be more sure about this fish not belonging to the P. armbrusteri - complex.
Daniel
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