I baught a Pleco - ID

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It looks like the common Pleco but has a high sail-like dorsal fin. And its body has attractive black spots all over including its underside. What species of Pleco is this?

Edit: It looks exactly like the Pleco in the picture below except that it has different colouration. The spots are black like on a Leopard and the body colour is in a dark brown with some yellowish to grayish.

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Sailfin Pleco.:) It's a very pretty Pleco. Will post a picture when my brother returns from Uni with my cam.

Edit: Leopard Sailfin? Checking online...

I really didn't think it can grow up to 50cm / over a foot. Not a problem for me though.
 
The picture is a Spotted Sailfin Pleco. Glytoperichthys Joselimaianus

What you describe sounds like a regular Sailfin Pleco. Glytoperichthys Gibbiceps
 
benzjamin13;783411; said:
The picture is a Spotted Sailfin Pleco. Glytoperichthys Joselimaianus

What you describe sounds like a regular Sailfin Pleco. Glytoperichthys Gibbiceps

the first- G. joselimaianus gets to a foot, the latter, G. gibbiceps gets substantially larger.
 
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