What Type Of Plec Is This?

[simonas]

http/aquaticpredators.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36025

Its lovely looking and never seen them aywhere before

 

[Luketendo]

Ah can't remember what it was called, don't know if it's a king tiger.

 

[TarkMalbot]

I found this:
Its said to be a Captive bred juvenile.

There are other plecos with reduced teeth on their jaw related to the zebra pleco that are as easy to breed. One of the prettiest of these is L066 from the Rio Tocantins or Rio Xingú river in North East Brazil. The species attains a somewhat larger maximum length (14 cm) than the zebra pleco. In youth it is a very attractive fish with a high-contrast pattern. Unfortunately, as the fish ages, the pattern blurs. The adult males are inclined to be very dark and posses strengthened bundles of interopercular odontodes and fine, hair-like denticles on the entire back half of their body.

Found this on Planet Catfish.com

I'm bored on nightshift so thouught I would try and help!

 

[Luketendo]

Ah I was right planet catfish list it under king tiger.

 

[PlecMama]

I love how they got him to suck on a ruler to show how big he is. Nice plec.

 

[dane261]

Defo not a king tiger was a post not long ago on here about it




cheers dane

 

[smithrc]

One was found once and not found again - Its not even the same species as a King tiger (Hypancistrus).

There are lots of info out there including a site for the group that caught it....

Have a search for Mikofish on google (or take a look at www.fishfromvenezuela.com)

 

[simonas]

One was found once and not found again -

wow how rare is that. wouldn't you love to have the only pair of fish like that!!!!

the guy who runsmy lfs goes to the amazon every year and comes back with excellevnt photos of fish caught in the river

 

[xingumike]

One was found once and not found again - Its not even the same species as a King tiger (Hypancistrus).

There are lots of info out there including a site for the group that caught it....

Have a search for Mikofish on google (or take a look at www.fishfromvenezuela.com)

not true Russ, i saw it for sale on a Jap website.

its Lepora aint it? mouht looks very similar to a sultan

 

[smithrc]

One was found once and not found again - Its not even the same species as a King tiger (Hypancistrus).

There are lots of info out there including a site for the group that caught it....

Have a search for Mikofish on google (or take a look at www.fishfromvenezuela.com)

not true Russ, i saw it for sale on a Jap website.

its Lepora aint it? mouht looks very similar to a sultan

Yep believe it is leporacanthicus sp.

It could well have been this very fish you saw for sale... then I'm still right

Of course there may have been others found - but they are certainly not seen very often...

 

[xingumike]

mikofish catch and release so prob not that fish.

check this site out man, makes me wanna cry the variants they have access to

http/aquafin.web.infoseek.co.jp/pleco/New-pleco-top.html

 

[smithrc]

mikofish catch and release so prob not that fish.

check this site out man, makes me wanna cry the variants they have access to

[URL="http/aquafin.web.infoseek.co.jp/pleco/New-pleco-top.html"]http/aquafin.web.infoseek.co.jp/pleco/New-pleco-top.html[/URL]

nope. I'm not doing it to myself again