Tiger, or clown?

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Tiger, or clown?

Post by Odinvalknir »

I'm pretty sure this is a clown pleco. That's how it was sold to me and as best I can tell from its markings, I believe it's too young still to identify sex yet. Sorry for somewhat low quality pictures, my tank has 3/8 in thick glass and it messes with the camera trying to focus.
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The eyes look too big for
Panaqolus
and no species of that genus has thick, light coloured behind-the-eye stripe that runs straight over the head. Very few are not very stripey like your fish too. It looks more like
L340
, or at least a species of
Hypancistrus
to me.

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Agree with Hypancistrus, one of the debilittera group.
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