Okay... back in the old days, the "Common Pl*co" rightfully referred to the Hypostomus plecostomus, because it was the most commonly imported/available... More recently, it is probably more reasonable to call the Liposarcus pardalis or multiradiatus the more "Common" Pl*co because it is the more readily available. Some people say other pl*cos are more common...
Now then... My fish (pictured)...................................
http://www.boomspeed.com/rickeybird/hoov1.jpg
http://www.boomspeed.com/rickeybird/hoov2.jpg
http://www.boomspeed.com/rickeybird/hoov3.jpg
...is probably liposarcus pardalis... (although some people apparently call this fish a pterygoplichthys pardalis, or even glyptopterichthys?)... I found one source that said that Hypostominae has two subgroups: Glyptopterichthys and Liposarcus....
But in any event, most icthyologists would classify my fish as the following:
Class Actinopterygii
Order Siluriformes
Family Loricariidae (Subfamily Hypostominae)
Genus Liposarcus
Species...
And the number usualy associated with the fish is either L21 or L23...
Am I getting it ???
Somehow I get the idea that the more common the catfish, the harder it is to name the fish with confidence!! .... at least for the novice....
