Please Id This Pleco & Oto

[Carlovel1]

Can you help ID my plecos and Otos?

My fish one is a pleco. I think it is L333/L66 but it looks a bit like L204/L260/L270

And I have no idea what this Oto is?

Cheers Carl 

 

[Carlovel1]

Bump

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Have you looked at the photos of the Hypoptopoma genus at www.planetcatfish.com?

I bought the last two "Giant Otos" from Aquajardin, which turned out to be Hypoptopoma inexspectatum (they have the unique line that runs from their snout to near the mouth).

 

[Carlovel1]

Doesnt seem to be  from the Hypoptopoma family

 

[Carlovel1]

bump

 

[rdp50734]

Bumping will not make people rush to your thread! We need time to research the plec to. Try looking on planet catfish. 2 bumps in 8 hours for an ID is silly.

 

[JenCliBee]

270,129,199... it looks way to young to give a definitive answer... im quite sure that it isn't 333 or 66 and almost 100% sure it isn't a 260.

 

[Carlovel1]

270,129,199... it looks way to young to give a definitive answer... im quite sure that it isn't 333 or 66 and almost 100% sure it isn't a 260.

Right, this was sold to me as L333 and I have 3 of these babies. 

 

[JenCliBee]

270,129,199... it looks way to young to give a definitive answer... im quite sure that it isn't 333 or 66 and almost 100% sure it isn't a 260.

Right, this was sold to me as L333 and I have 3 of these babies. 

I would never fully rule out 333 or many other striped hypans, however... the patterning even at a small size/age is way different to any of my bred or brought ones.

For a positive and correct ID i think youve got a while for them to grow out to completely be sure of what youve actually gotten.

 

[Carlovel1]

OK thanks

 

[mrscullen5373]

heyy
i have done alot of searching for you and to begin with, the only black and white plecos i could find looked nothing like yours. Your pleco is black and white but the black bands are much wider and bigger than the white ones, on the ones i found the black and white bands were almost equal in width.

However i have good new i have finally found a pleco which looks very similar to yours. The Flash Pleco

Here is a link to a profile which has some useful pictures on, let me know what you think.

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=126

I hope this helps and feel free to pm or email me if you ever get suck with anything in the future
x x x

 

[Carlovel1]

heyy
i have done alot of searching for you and to begin with, the only black and white plecos i could find looked nothing like yours. Your pleco is black and white but the black bands are much wider and bigger than the white ones, on the ones i found the black and white bands were almost equal in width.

However i have good new i have finally found a pleco which looks very similar to yours. The Flash Pleco

Here is a link to a profile which has some useful pictures on, let me know what you think.

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=126

I hope this helps and feel free to pm or email me if you ever get suck with anything in the future
x x x

Thanks for your response, I too thought the plec could be a L204 but I then again, he is only around 3 months old, so his stripes may change shape and colour in the next 6 months. For now though, I will think of him as L204

 

[mrscullen5373]

hehe glad to be of service x x x