HELP ID PLZ

[physicz]

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii29/stryder12411/IMG_3149.jpg

 

[endi]

albino chocolate pleco

 

[physicz]

oh man i nvr heard of those guys before thanx.anyone else confirm this?

 

[crazie.eddie]

Yes, looks like a Chocolate pleco.

 

[Rhodes09]

albino chocolate pleco

 

[woodchomper]

I disagree, much more likely to be an amelanistic Pterygoplichthys pardalis.

 

[WyldFya]

It is a chocolate Pleco. The term albino is a term incorrectly given to this color morph. Amelanistic would also be the wrong term. These fish are leucistic common plecos.

 

[woodchomper]

Pigmentation (or lack of it) naming issues aside i still don't think its P. scrophus.

 

[WyldFya]

Pigmentation (or lack of it) naming issues aside i still don't think its P. scrophus.

P. scrophus is not often called a chocolate, chocolate pleco is a common name mainly given to a leucistic variety of Pterygoplichthys pardalis. Pterygoplichthys scrophus is commonly known as a rhino pleco.

 

[woodchomper]

Whilst i agree with what you say i was clarifying it for the OP, the link provided was for P. scrophus.

Highlights how useless common names can be, it might as well be called Fred