Pleco ID?

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Pleco ID?

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Saw this baby pleco on Facebook and wondered what it was. The person said it was "unidentified." Found in Ecuador
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Re: Pleco ID?

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Hard to tell based on this picture alone, but it could possibly be
Hypoptopoma sp`peru(2)`
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Re: Pleco ID?

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Looks like an
Astroblepus
to me.
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Re: Pleco ID?

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racoll wrote:Looks like an
Astroblepus
to me.
Yes, I agree. Cool.

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