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Seedy
04-27-2006, 02:53 AM
Ok...This was an unlabeled "pl3co" at my localy owned LFS (the owner tends to order "odd" stuff")

I hand caught the fish out of the tank at the store (I've had bad experiences with nets and catfish), and it has some impressive spines it can shoot from under it's operculum...I assume (and I'm probably wrong) that this means it is an Ancistrus species...(only because all my other BN plecos had these "spines" they could extend when threatened)

Let me know what pics of what parts would be helpful in identification...here's a few I snapped this evening (I didn't want to disturb him too much since he's "new" to the tank)
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-04-27/140008-001.jpg

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-04-27/140008-002.jpg
SabrinaD
04-27-2006, 05:13 AM
Seedy If no one knows what it is here, go to Plecofantics.com. They will definiately know AND give his L number if he has one.
toddnbecka
04-27-2006, 11:17 AM
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/numbers/1.PHP
djfungus
04-27-2006, 11:43 AM
Kind of looks like one of the Vampire Plecos. I'm no expert though. Very cool lookin pleco though!
snox
04-27-2006, 01:14 PM
cant help seedy,,,,but that one cool plec
fire mouth man
04-27-2006, 02:49 PM
it is a vampire pleco i am sure of it.
Seedy
04-27-2006, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by fire mouth man
it is a vampire pleco i am sure of it.

No offence, but I am 100% sure it is not a Leporacanthicus galaxias (vampire pleco) as it has opercular odentals (spelling?) AKA-hidden spines behind the gill plate...

I've got the Genus now...(Thank you planetcatfish.com!) It is most likely a Hoploancistrus species...
Seedy
04-28-2006, 02:31 AM
*EDIT*
Spelling correction:
Hopliancistrus possibly sp L17 although (as usual with L numbers) there seems to be some confusion about what is or isn't that "species"....
Seedy
04-28-2006, 11:48 PM
Well...I was hoping for a better pic, but this shot with my hand in focus (not the darn fish!)...I'm really gonna kick myself if I just stressed him out too much, but I had to get an image of these things!
http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2006-04-29/140158-001.jpg
dufus
06-11-2006, 09:53 PM
i think its a"snowball" pleco, its the name the stores call it.
toddnbecka
06-13-2006, 12:25 AM
This one looks identical (bottom of page)
http://www.brianstropicals.com./ohio_tropical_fish.html
Seedy
06-13-2006, 01:59 AM
Thanks for the replies, but it turns out that it is a Hopliancistrus sp.