strange common pleco

wizkidd26 · Post by **wizkidd26** » 10 Apr 2004, 01:05

I work in a pet store, and today I noticed something strange. My boss bought several large common plecos. (I don't believe that the fish will die by typing their general name). And there was one that struck me as funny looking. What I mean by that is that it looks completely like a common pleco, hypostomous plecostomus (sp?). The only difference between that pleco and the others is that this one has BLUE/SILVER eyes. I was wondering if that was of any significance to anyone or just another further mutation of genes/alleles in the common plecos. If it is a different pleco, please let me know. Thanks.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 10 Apr 2004, 09:40

Hi!

Does it look like one of these or more like one of these

Cheers
Yann

wizkidd26 · Post by **wizkidd26** » 13 Apr 2004, 18:53

ahhh...no...the pleco looks nothing like the two you posted. For the first one, the pleco doesn't even have the "orangey" colored fins and the eye is shaped differently. The second one is closer but still, that's not the one I have at my work. The armor on the pleco at my work is different and the patterning is exactly like a common pleco. Thanks for trying though. I looked closer at the pleco and noticed that it seemed to lack the black part of the eye, the eyeball is totally silver-blue. I'm suspecting it's blind, I will try some tests to find out for sure.