Pleco ID needed.

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Pleco ID needed.

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This one was sold as L-002 - tiger.
It's hard to get an idea at the store and even after the fish is in the tank for a while as they tend to change color quite a bit - especially on light background.
The facial spotting is throwing me off and the coloring of the fish when set against the wood seems to remind me of L-015 or L-069
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Post by Silurus »

Looks more like L205 to me.
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Post by pturley »

Looks like the fish that used to be referred in hobbiest liturature as Peckoltia brevis.

Not sure of the taxonomic status of this species however. (L-205?)
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Post by Janne »

It looks like the L-205 as Silurus sudgested and they are imported from Peru if you can look that up.

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Post by INXS »

Thanks guys,
it looks like an L-205 indeed.

They guy had one more that looked pretty washed out so I didn't bother.

He also had some listed as L-015 but again they looked quite large (5") and not nearly as colorful as the ones Janne posted pix of,
Thanks again
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