Can someone ID my Catfish?

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joeypaul said:
If I am not mistaken, there is no L number for rhino plecos. They are also called alligator pleco and chocolate pleco.

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thanks for that mate is there any reason for the hugely different body shape?
 
joeypaul said:
Alot of plecos are shaped different. Here are a couple of mine.

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very cool cats! I just sold off all my L's!

i got upset that i have a few thousand dollars hiding under rocks!

mine never came out, i think my light was too bright!

thanks for the ID of my fish though!
 
4D3 said:
here is a pic of him next to a pleco...totally different shape!

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Okay so the pleco that you picked up is a "Common Pleco" or Pterygoplichthys pardalis L021.
The one that is next to it is a "Gold Spot Pleco" or Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus L001.
The other large one that is upside down grazing on the décor is a "Sailfin Pleco" or Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps L083.
All different sp. The one in the back I cannot see so I can't tell you what it is or if it even is a pleco.
 
guanl23 said:
+1 Yeah, no rhino here, just your regular ole' common pleco.
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Unfortunately I contacted the guy who sold him to me he told me he is a chocolate Pleco, he showed me another he had next to a common Plecoand they are different.

Thanks for the posts but he is a chocolate/rhino Pleco

For starters he is chocolate brown in color with dark brown markings, not the makings of an L21

Answered my own question!

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Another vote for a large, really skinny common pleco. You seem to have a lot of faith in the guy who sold him to you....over pay or something? Plenty of commons get dark and lose their patterns like yours.
 
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