Can you ID this pleco

[a1wonder]

yes I know these are horrible picture, I was sold the pleco under the name bullydog but obviously it is. It looks like a combination of a raphael and a armada (argentia).

The pleco is a dark dark brown with scattered white dots. It has long narrow pectoral fins. It's head looks like an arrow and is fairly spikey down it's sides and tail.

 

[a1wonder]

sorry for people with dial up very very sorry

 

[a1wonder]

these are a bet better picture qualtity

 

[Teelie]

From what I can tell, it looks like an Upside Down Cat but it's still hard to make out any details.

 

[Dwarfs]

Raphael cat??

 

[Dwarfs]

After closer examination I am sure it is a raphael, and is not a plec

 

[a1wonder]

curse them at the fish store. well it certainly is active. I did a bit of research and is this right they grow around 4 inchs. hmm... bulldog pleco my foot. if anyone has a link or more information on this fish I'd apperciate because of the distances of this fish store I might just end up keeping it.

 

[lucky62]

try looking up[ synodontis angelicus] ,, the true angelicus catfish.

you say it is active , it may be an angelicus , it also looks alot like a spotted raphael [agamyxis pectinfrons.]

raphaels tend hide during the day , at least the one I had only came out at night .

lotsa luck

 

[Teelie]

It's probably a "legitimate" name for those. There's a Butterfly Pleco that's a Hillstream Loach, and coldwater at that and numerous "sharks" that are neither sharks nor saltwater and there's the Emerald Cory which is not a Corydoras... I hate common names sometimes.

 

[a1wonder]

Well I've noticed that silver dollars seem to relax a bit more in a low lite aquarium so it's fairly dark as it with more natural lighting. That may be the reason he is "very" active.

 

[SirMinion]

It's probably a "legitimate" name for those. There's a Butterfly Pleco that's a Hillstream Loach, and coldwater at that and numerous "sharks" that are neither sharks nor saltwater and there's the Emerald Cory which is not a Corydoras... I hate common names sometimes.

Heh 99% of plecos aren't plecos at all, but other related species of the loricid family!

 

[ryan]

Its a Spotted raphaael catfish or Agamyxis pectinifrons, not a Plec of any kind! Here is some more information for you;

http/fish.orbust.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=41717

 

[a1wonder]

Yup that is it! Wonderful tiny little fish currently. It will be interesting to see what it is like when it's older and larger.

 

[Teelie]

It's probably a "legitimate" name for those. There's a Butterfly Pleco that's a Hillstream Loach, and coldwater at that and numerous "sharks" that are neither sharks nor saltwater and there's the Emerald Cory which is not a Corydoras... I hate common names sometimes.

Heh 99% of plecos aren't plecos at all, but other related species of the loricid family!

True but Pleco or Plec is easier on the typing and speaking than trying to find a way to say Loricid.