Id this pleco please.

[chefrific]

Petsmart (sigh) is calling these guys "albino chocolate" plecos. But they are notorious for mislabeled fish. Just curious what this guy is, thanks!

 

[xaznkewlguyx]

it is indeed a chocolate pleco.

 

[skene]

it is indeed a chocolate pleco.

X2

 

[chefrific]

do these guys grow to around the same size as common plecos?

 

[fishlover88]

yeah they grow about the same size. If i remember correctly, they are just a color morph of the common pl*co.

 

[woodchomper]

yeah they grow about the same size. If i remember correctly, they are just a color morph of the common pl*co.

yup

 

[WyldFya]

do these guys grow to around the same size as common plecos?

They grow to be the same size, as they are generally the same species as the most common "common pleco", Pterygoplichthys pardalis.

 

[chefrific]

Thanks everyone for the info!

 

[davo]

They grow to be the same size, as they are generally the same species as the most common "common pleco", Pterygoplichthys pardalis.

yup it's just a amelanistic morph.

 

[Ianab]

Eyes look like they are red?
That would make it an actual albino?

But I agree, it looks like a P. pardalis. Expect it to grow to around a foot long eventually.

Ian