Bargain Common Plec on Aquarist Classifieds

[andyj]

Ah cheers mate, will pop over there at some point and take a walk round

Still no reply from the guy selling the Pl*c by the way !!!!

 

[Morrgan]

That ain't a common plec, not a Hypostomus at all. Count the rays of the dorsal fin, there's 12 or 13 of them. Hypostomus catfish have 8. My guess is some sort of sailfin.

 

[Bloo]

Or Hybrid Common / Sailfin more likely

 

[smithrc]

That ain't a common plec, not a Hypostomus at all. Count the rays of the dorsal fin, there's 12 or 13 of them. Hypostomus catfish have 8. My guess is some sort of sailfin.

Morrgan... Whats mine? (see sig)

 

[woodie]

i did see that made me chuckle i bought wo from my LFS that size for £20 as there were two large for most peoples tanks

anyone been to stapley water gardens and seen there plecs now there HUUGGEE

Clare

 

[Morrgan]

smithrc - I'm afraid I am no expert of different species, but telling the families apart is fairly easy. Your fish has 13 dorsal fin rays, so it isn't a Hypostomus. Based on the general body shape and the dorsal fin, I'd say your fish is a Liposarcus sp. You could ask at for example the Planet Catfish forums if you'd like the opinion of someone more experienced.

*edit* - I just did a bit of a check and it seems that the species that used to be Liposarcus have nowadays been added to Pterygoplichthys.

*edit again* - I also found that some of the species formerly belonging to Liposarcus are also called common plecs in English. *sigh* Why the same common name is used for several different species in English I don't understand...