15" + Albino Rhino Pleco

[eyespot]

I was looking for info on other types of catfish on planetcatfish and While I was there I decided to look up info on my rhino pleco. They had their maximum size listed at 10.8". Out of curiosity I looked at a few other reference sites and they all seemed to indicate that rhinos stay under a foot. Is my 15" guy a freak of nature or is he in fact another type of very similar looking pleco?

 

[Jimmy16]

I like your 15" jag

 

[eyespot]

Thanks. He's actually 13" TL but in the photo they do look the same size.

 

[I31]

can you get a closer shot of the rhino?

 

[eyespot]

Good idea. A lot of times he likes to position himself so he's looking straight out of the front of the 125, so tomorrow I'll hopefully get a more detailed shot with a better sense of scale.

 

[smitty03281964]

I never heard of an albino rhino.

 

[JML1997]

Good idea. A lot of times he likes to position himself so he's looking straight out of the front of the 125, so tomorrow I'll hopefully get a more detailed shot with a better sense of scale.

Catch him and mesure him...

 

[Warborg]

I never heard of an albino rhino.

That's because there is none. He has an albino sailfin(gibbiceps)

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?species=pterygoplichthys+gibbiceps&image_id=10128

 

[Lambrakopoulos]

That's an awesome pleco

 

[eyespot]

Thanks! here's a pretty good shot. He's 15" from nose to tip of tail. Some keepers define length as just body length (without fins), but even by that standard he's on the large side.