I.D. this pleco please?

[AllFishAdrian]

Got it for 25 dollars plus my discount at my work. Pretty sure I got an insane deal, gonna pick up the rest if I did.

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Pretty sure its a chocolate zebra pleco. Anyone confirm?

 

[McPhishy]

Looks like a butterfly pleco AKA L168. I think $25 is a great deal for that beautiful pleco, no matter what it is.

 

[cob201]

Juvenile hypancistrus sp., which species exactly I'm not sure, possibly a particularly pale L270 or L333.

 

[Plec123]

Juvenile hypancistrus sp., which species exactly I'm not sure, possibly a particularly pale L270 or L333.

 

[bcarlos]

Would be nice to see a couple close-ups, but I think L333 is a pretty good guess based on the photo shown. There are two variants of 333 - the light yellow based and brighter white based. The white based is more desired, and I'd say $25 is a good deal from a LFS for this fish.

 

[AllFishAdrian]

What can I expect adult size to be, and do you know if it stays this white color?

 

[cob201]

Look here, also compare it with the other hypancistrus L numbers

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=1024

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/numbers.php?mode=l&thumbs=24&start=0&genus_id=7

 

[Allan01230]

I would say he will max out at 6 inches. That looks a lot like an L-333 king tiger pleco.

 

[JC_P]

I would say he will max out at 6 inches. That looks a lot like an L-333 king tiger pleco.

I second that, or umm.... 4th or whatever, lol

 

[Crispy]

looks like L129; Hypancistrus debilittera; colombian zebra pleco
seen them popping up in my LFS' lately... they stay small.. under 3".