wat BN pleco is this???

Hello there fellow plecofans!!!

Can anyone here help me ID my new bristlenose pleco?

Thanks in advance.

Looks like a female L182 Starlight to me.....

I too think its a Starlight (L182). The presence of the bristlenose means it couldn't b a Peppermint by any chance, right?

How do u kno its female??? Its only about 8cm long.

Turbo wrote:

I too think its a Starlight (L182). The presence of the bristlenose means it couldn't b a Peppermint by any chance, right?

How do u kno its female??? Its only about 8cm long.

it is hard to sex at only 8cm but it is showing no sign's of bristle's up its snout atol, i have quite a large L182 Bristlenose starlight female and she looks just like that...

Interesting!!!

I just got a feedback from another forum... some1 thinks its a Ancistrus sp. `Rio Ucayali`!!! You think so???

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=638

Turbo wrote:

Interesting!!!

I just got a feedback from another forum... some1 thinks its a Ancistrus sp. `Rio Ucayali`!!! You think so???

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=638

it does look simarler but if you look very closely between the 2 pics you will see yours has loads more spots, this is L182 ID mate check it out

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=147

"L Number mad wrote:

come on L-Number i thought you was the expert pmsl

Rio Ucayali




Dane

Dane wrote:

Rio Ucayali




Dane

now you have thrown a spanner in the works dane lol....its very hard to tell really...

I would agree with Dane.....

i certainly dont think it is a L182

Looking at the picture on planet catfish there isn't enough spots for it to be a rio ucayali, and defo dont look like 182 some more broweing is called for

First person to ID this plec will win a sherbert dip..

Curby wrote:

First person to ID this plec will win a sherbert dip..

PMSL

now thats an offer we cant turn down

I'm so confused!!!

It looks like an L182 and a Rio Ucayali!!!

Lemme see if i can get a better pic; may be a close up of the face and/or head!!!

Turbo wrote:

I'm so confused!!!

It looks like an L182 and a Rio Ucayali!!!

Lemme see if i can get a better pic; may be a close up of the face and/or head!!!

yes better pics would be a good idea

that would be great

it's both..... do i get the sherbert now? lol

after some reasearch i can confirm this plec as a L213 Ancistrus hoplogenys

wheres me dip Mmmm....

hard to say could be a orange spot

still there was no positive I.D given?????
One final answer off you all then lol..No if's and but's just one answer lol...

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after some reasearch i can confirm this plec as a L213 Ancistrus hoplogenys

I'll happily confirm that that Pleco is L213! Aka Starry Bristlenose.
I have two of them, look exactly the same, shape, colour, mouth, bristles, everything!
They grow about 10cm long, not a particularly bristley species, but males and females can easily be told apart when mature

Interesting, might mean my little starlights turn out to be L213's then

It's a pity "turbo" cant answer this but -
The first pic of the fish looks like it has a brown base colour with offish white spots over that, not solid black with bright white spots.
I'm going with Tadj's bet :Ancistrus "Rio Ucayali" or orange spot,
I'll try to get my hands on the Aqualog cat-alogue today and have a closer look.
Also ( a bit off topic) Ancistrus "Hoplogenys" is listed a L059 not L213.
J

I thought L59 were juvi L182 White Seams....??