Anyone any good at pleco ID'ing?

[JohnC]

Hi peeps,

Am aiming at renovating a tank for a friend and, as ever, there is a big pleco that I feel is going to be an issue for the "out of the box", badly maintained, Rio 240.

I managed to grab a couple of photos (not great) and have been searching through the L-lists to get an ID but am still not sure.

It's already roughly 15cm long.

Nearest i've found is a LDA051, Cochliodon Pleco, L310.

Anyone have any ideas?





a bit of its head through the leaves.

Thanks in advance,
John

 

[JohnC]

Possibly a Rusty Pleco

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hypostomus-sp/

http://www.badmanstropicalfish.com/species-gallery/catfish/hypostomus_cochliodon.html

hmm

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
It is definitely a Cochliodon group Hypostomus, so it could be L137. You can see the teeth are in a V in the mouth shot.

They need some wood to process, and hard vegetables like carrot etc. .

cheers Darrel