Pleco ID

[jbicb3]

Can someone please help me ID this pleco? I got it at Houston Aquatics a couple of days ago, and it was listed as a Columbian Spotted Pleco.



Thanks

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Pleco ID

Looks like a common pleco

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: Pleco ID

Looks like a common pleco

I disagree for what its worth.........

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Pleco ID

Well it's not far from a common....not rare that is.

http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=592

[Mzungu]

Re: Pleco ID

Brownsnoutuk - what do you think?

P.S. jbicb3, could you post a side view of the pleco, if you have one?

[clayt101]

Re: Pleco ID

L-001

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=177

Sometimes sold as a Gibby, also considered a common

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: Pleco ID

Lol, i dont know what it is, it just doesnt look like the commons ive always had.

[Mzungu]

Re: Pleco ID

Well, I am no good at this pleco ID stuff, but I remember ordering colombian spotted plecos a few times when I worked at an LFS in Florida. After looking up our distributor, they have the Colombian Spotted Pleco listed as L-165, Glyptoperichthys CF Gibbiceps.

It's very confusing for me when someone says "common pleco," from what I've seen that can mean many different species.  :aua:

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: Pleco ID

Ive always assumed common reffered to hypostomus

[clayt101]

Re: Pleco ID

IME, if it gets big and is brown, odds are it will be called a common.  In fact, I think they are now hybrids kept in the same breeding ponds.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Pleco ID

To me if it looks like a common...including gibbs....then it is a common.

[Armadillo_Del_Rio]

Re: Pleco ID

L-001, gibby... i heard they breed these guys up in asia so some stores call them "asian spotted pleco" - like Fish-R-Fun...

And they are pretty common , i even caught a few in san antonio.