Can you id the this pleco

[Barry Tetra]

I bought this guy for 10$ 7 months ago and dont know what L numbers it is, the fish store said its L001 but its bigger than one.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus maybe?

 

[CryptFan]

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus maybe?

Aka L001

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Yeah, I know, but the OP wanted to know what the scientific name was, right @Barry Tetra

 

[PheonixKingZ]

And you got that Pleco for only $10? My BN albino pleco was $15! Maybe mine was there because it was albino?

 

[Munroco]

Handsome fish.

 

[Guppy10]

Very nice.

 

[CryptFan]

Yeah, I know, but the OP wanted to know what the scientific name was, right @Barry Tetra

He said he didn’t think it was that, because it was bigger, he didn’t ask about the name.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

It has to be it, it may just have a big gene.

 

[Barry Tetra]

And you got that Pleco for only $10? My BN albino pleco was $15! Maybe mine was there because it was albino?

Whats the bn L numbers?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Whats the bn L numbers?

Not sure, I’ll do some digging.

 

[CryptFan]

Th

Not sure, I’ll do some digging.

The BN pleco does not have an L number

 

[Jan Cavalieri]

My understanding is that is just how some ichthyologists decided to start classifying the Pleco's. I have a Lemon Bristlenose L-144 and a very expensive Blue Phantom L128. I think it's their own private coding or some failed attempt at switching to a different method of coding fish.

 

[Munroco]

I think the L numbers are supposed to be temporary until the fish are properly classified.

 

[Bub]

How big is it then? The markings are exactly as they should be for Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus, L001.