ID this Chubby

[Mr Pleco]

My LFS just got this guy in .. there is a lot of confusion o this species can i get an ID off this pic?

 

[exodus1500]

looks like a Parancistrus aurantiacus to me....

 

[Mr Pleco]

looks like a Parancistrus aurantiacus to me....

Is it an L056? L056Y? how can I tell if this aurantiacus is Xanto ?

 

[AquaAlex1993]

When you said Chubby I thought of something totally different, but let's keep it pg.
That looks like a very nice L056 pleco.

 

[kno4te]

looks like a Parancistrus aurantiacus to me....

+1

 

[thefredpit]

Is it an L056? L056Y? how can I tell if this aurantiacus is Xanto ?

it is just P. aurantiacus also known as a chubby pleco. They are known to be able to change colors between gold and grey sometimes being a patchwork of both. Great find though

https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=82

 

[Mr Pleco]

Thank you for replies , here are a couple of pics from this morning before placing in display tank

 

[exodus1500]

Is it an L056? L056Y? how can I tell if this aurantiacus is Xanto ?

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They dont have an L number. And as said above, they change color. By the accounts I have read, there is no method to the madness of them changing their color either. They aren't like Luteus or L014 where they change over time to a permanent color. I have heard of people spending a bunch of money on pure yellow ones, only to have them loose most of it, and vise versa.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

Thank you for replies , here are a couple of pics from this morning before placing in display tank

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Oh nice! He is a very nice looking pleco. I really want one, hope to find one soon.