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stereo
05-20-2006, 1:10 AM
hi all
can help me ID this fish?
do not know what the name of it...
it has long slender body and swim quite fast...sucker mouth too haha
blairsteelers
05-20-2006, 1:11 AM
golden algae eater..
for sure i have 3 of them.
rkc772
05-20-2006, 1:15 AM
golden algae eater..
for sure i have 3 of them.
i strongly agree! i gave mine away... because it kept on chasing my goldfish.
stereo
05-20-2006, 1:16 AM
ohhh thx..gt any site gt more details on them?
btw..what is oto?
Daniel Machado
05-20-2006, 7:32 AM
"Oto" is the common name for the Genus Otocinclus, small-sized plecos. This name applies to Parotocinclus, Epactionotus and other genera of Otocinclus-related small plecs. All these belong to the family Loricariidae, BTW.
Best regards.
Daniel.
ewurm
05-28-2006, 12:04 AM
"Oto" is the common name for the Genus Otocinclus, small-sized plecos. This name applies to Parotocinclus, Epactionotus and other genera of Otocinclus-related small plecs. All these belong to the family Loricariidae, BTW.
Best regards.
Daniel.
I don't think those are oto's.
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri.
Yep, golden or lemon algae eaters, the tend to suck slime coats as the get bigger, here is a profile link http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/cyprinids2/p/lemonalgae.htm
Daniel Machado
05-29-2006, 11:22 AM
I don't think those are oto's.
Ewurm... I KNOW these are not otos... I was answering this question:
ohhh thx..gt any site gt more details on them?
btw..what is oto?
I just didn't made it very explicit. ;)
ottos are not plecos.
Why, Ming? Aren't they small-sized members of the family Loricariidae? I thought "pleco" was the common name of hte loricariids... :confused:
Best regards.
Daniel.
justin
08-15-2006, 2:26 PM
Loricariidae is a family name which is mostly plecos. The otocinclus catfish is placed into this family for the downward sucker mouth, but mainly due to the overlapping scales. The chinese algae eater and gold algae eater have a regular scale pattern unlike the oto cat and plecos, also if you notice the mouths of the CAE and GAE are more on the end of the snout and not on the bottom of the snout like plecos. These differences along with others puts the CAE and GAE in the family Gyrinocheilidae.
Oto's plecos from South America, CAE's GAE's loaches from asia. Any questions?