Help ID my catfish

Hursty · Post by **Hursty** » 27 Mar 2018, 17:36

Hi everyone,

Can someone please help ID my catfish. I recently brought a gorgeous catfish that I absolutely love. I was sold it as a snowball pleco but I know that it probably isn’t. I have had an ID on another site but was just wondering if I would get the same result here, I’ll let you all know if my answers match. Anyway, I hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance,

Hursty

Acanthicus · Post by **Acanthicus** » 27 Mar 2018, 18:26

Hi

Thats not a Snowball, which normally turns out as L 142, but Scobinancistrus aff. pariolispos, likely L 48. Is it coloured darker sometimes? On a dark gravel it will turn darker as well.

smitty · Post by **smitty** » 31 Mar 2018, 12:42

don't be mad that it is not a snowball because what you have is an awesome pleco. I actually would prefer him over the snowball.

Hursty · Post by **Hursty** » 01 Apr 2018, 10:53

Thanks for your help guys. I’m not mad at all, I think it’s a gorgeous fish. I got a slightly different answer in the other website but only very slightly, someone ID’d as scobinancistrus L368. But I think L48 is more accurate from what I can tell.

Acanthicus · Post by **Acanthicus** » 01 Apr 2018, 11:51

Hi

L 368 is a very similar species, but from what I can tell comparing mine with your specimen, it is not a L 368. Especially in state of stress colouration, it's hard to tell since both (and S. pariolispos as well) show a brownish base colouration and resemble each other very much.

Hursty · Post by **Hursty** » 01 Apr 2018, 22:41

Does anyone know how long this fish will take to reach full size?

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