I picked up one of these around 1" long today as an impulse buy. Never seen or heard of the species before, but it goes by the common name "brown zebra pleco." I usually rely on Planet Catfish for info on obscure pleco species, but the site seems to be having issues right now (either that or it just isn't agreeing with my network tonight)... Any and all information on this species would be appreciated.
So far, all I've really been able to find out is that their maximum size is supposedly 4.5-6" (different sites give different results), and since it's listed on a couple sites as "Panaqolus/Panaque sp." I'm guessing it's primarily herbivorous and driftwood is probably a significant part of its diet...
What I find really odd is that I am finding images for at least 2 seemingly different species listed as L271 online...
I very much regret that I didn't think to take some pictures of mine before letting him loose in the tank. I may not get another chance to photograph him for a while with the tank so heavily planted. He sort of has the stripes of the pleco in the first pic, with the coloration of the pleco in the second pic...
So far, all I've really been able to find out is that their maximum size is supposedly 4.5-6" (different sites give different results), and since it's listed on a couple sites as "Panaqolus/Panaque sp." I'm guessing it's primarily herbivorous and driftwood is probably a significant part of its diet...
What I find really odd is that I am finding images for at least 2 seemingly different species listed as L271 online...
I very much regret that I didn't think to take some pictures of mine before letting him loose in the tank. I may not get another chance to photograph him for a while with the tank so heavily planted. He sort of has the stripes of the pleco in the first pic, with the coloration of the pleco in the second pic...
