Are There Any Fish That Look Like A Bristle Nose?

[Jozlyn]

My LFS calls the bristle nose catfish, peppered catfish, they have another breed of catfish in their tanks that they call bristle nose catfish.

So my question is, are there any fish besides the bristle nose that have bristles on their noses? There's probably heaps, I was there a few weeks ago and can't remember what they looked like, (as I was keeping an eye on the fish I wanted to make sure they caught the right one) except that they appeared to be brown.

Given that they're calling them a bristle nose catfish I'm guessing they're a plec of some kind.

 

[KathyM]

There are many different species of Ancistrus (aka bristlenose). The "common bristlenose" is Ancistrus sp. 3 - they come in their normal dark colouring, a "calico" colouring and albino colouring. Then there are many other Ancistrus species too.

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus...?genus_id=4#406